Promoting Agricultural Value Chains
In the OIC Member Countries
27
developing countries now have access to mobile phones, compared to less than 23 percent ten
years ago (see . The reach and affordability of data-enabled services is also
improving rapidly such that by the end of 2014, mobile-broadband penetration had grown to
21 percent in developing countries, up from 3 percent in 2009 (see . The high
growth rates are largely due to declining costs of mobile phones and communication services,
increases in competition, and expansion of infrastructure, making ICT more affordable and
accessible in ways that also extend access to small-scale producers in rural areas (World Bank,
2011).
Figure 2-4 Mobile-phone subscriptions in developing countries
Source: ITU World Telecommunication /ICT Indicators database, 2015
Figure 2-5 Mobile-broadband subscriptions, 2007-2014
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database, 2015
22.9%
77.1%
2005
90.2%
9.8%
2014
83.7
32.0
21.1
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014*
Percentage
Developed World Developing
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