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- Information Society
Latest events
- Azerbaijan expects 35% growth of ICT sector in 2008
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December 3, 2007 13:59
A “boom” in sector of Informational Communication Technologies (ICT) is expected in Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan is familiarizing with Latvian experience in “e-government”
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December 3, 2007 13:34
Visit of Azeri delegation consisted of Ministries of Economic Development and Taxes of Azerbaijan in Latvia is finishing today
- Azerbaijan is hosting the International Conference on Information Technologies
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September 27, 2007 11:34
The conference entitled "Materials and Information Science in High Technology" started its work in Baku
Latest publications
- Intellectual property rights and the internet in Central Asia
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March 3, 2008 11:34
Today Tajikistan, as a country in transition, faces a technological challenge in the form of a digital divide that is obviously slowing down the transition process…
- Rich and powerful? Subjective power and welfare in Russia
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December 3, 2007 17:34
Does "empowerment" come hand-in-hand with higher economic welfare? In theory, higher income is likely to raise both power and welfare, but heterogeneity in other characteristics and household formation can either strengthen or weaken the relationship. Survey data on Russian adults indicate that higher individual and household incomes raise both self-rated power and welfare.
- An assessment of telecommunicatiAn assessment of telecommunications reform in developing countriesons reform in developing countries
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December 3, 2007 17:29
The authors analyze the effect of policy reform in basic telecommunications on sectoral performance using a new panel data set for 86 developing countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean over the period 1985 to 1999. The authors address three questions: 1) What impact do specific policy changes-relating to ownership and competition-have on sectoral performance? 2) How is the impact of change in any one policy affected by the implementation of the other, and by the overall regulatory framework? 3) Does the sequence in which reforms are implemented affect performance?
