Internet Counts : Measuring the Impacts of the Internet.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (104 pages)
Internet Counts Measuring the Impacts of the Internet -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Executive Summary -- 2. Introduction -- ORIGIN OF THE STUDY -- SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- 3. Impact Indicators -- DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS -- POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE, INTENDED AND UNINTENDED IMPACTS -- LEVELS OF IMPACTS -- WHAT ARE INDICATORS AND WHY HAVE THEM? -- QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INDICATORS -- LIMITATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF IMPACT INDICATORS -- Causality -- Impacts of Non-use -- Qualitative Studies -- 4. Indicators of Internet Impacts -- FRAMEWORK OF INTERNET SUPPLY AND DEMAND -- INDICATORS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNET USE -- Supportive Economy and Infrastructure -- Policy and Regulatory Environment -- INDICATORS OF INTERNET SUPPLY -- Quantity of Internet Service -- Quality of Internet Service -- Sustainability -- INDICATORS OF INTERNET USE -- Costs of Internet Use -- Quality of Internet Use -- INDICATORS OF INTERNET CONTENT -- INDICATORS OF IMPACTS ON FORMAL ORGANIZATIONS -- Perceived Benefits of the Internet -- Organizational Decision Making -- OTHER INSTITUTIONS -- INDICATORS OF SECTORAL IMPACTS -- Sectoral Use and Diffusion of the Internet -- INTERNET IMPACTS ON SECTORS AND THEIR RELATED DEVELOPMENT GOALS -- Education -- Sectoral Goals -- Development Goals -- Private Sector -- Sectoral Goals -- Development Goals -- Government and Civil Society -- Sectoral Goals -- Development Goals -- 5. Internet Diffusion or Paths of Impacts -- 6. Conclusion and Call for Continued Research -- Appendix A Committee on Indicators of Internet Impacts on Development -- Appendix B List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Appendix C Indicators of Internet Impacts -- INDICATORS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNET USE -- Supportive Economy and Infrastructure -- Policy and Regulatory Environment. INDICATORS OF INTERNET SUPPLY QUANTITY OF INTERNET SERVICE -- Quality of Internet Service -- Sustainability -- INDICATORS OF INTERNET USE -- Costs of Internet Use -- INDICATORS OF IMPACTS ON FORMAL ORGANIZATIONS -- Perceived Benefits of the Internet -- Organizational Decision Making -- INDICATORS OF SECTORAL IMPACTS -- Sectoral Use and Diffusion of the Internet -- INTERNET IMPACTS ON SECTORS AND THEIR RELATED DEVELOPMENT GOALS -- Education -- Private Sector -- Government and Civil Society -- Appendix D Background and Context of the Internet in Africa -- BACKGROUND ON SENEGAL -- BACKGROUND ON GHANA -- Appendix E Site Visits and Meetings in Senegal, Ghana, and Kenya -- SENEGAL -- GHANA -- KENYA -- Appendix F Agenda: A Meeting on Indicators for Measuring the Impacts of Internet on Development -- Appendix G List of Participants.