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List of Figures
Figure 1: OIC Member Countries: Diffusion of fixed and mobile broadband
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Figure 2: Social and economic contribution of broadband
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Figure 3: Information workers an ICT investment
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Figure 4: Causality Model: ICT innovation and diffusion is driven by the growth of information
workforce
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Figure 5: Conceptual representation of consumer surplus
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Figure 6: OECD: Percentage of impact of broadband on GDP growth
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Figure 7: Fixed broadband economic impact vs. fixed broadband penetration
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Figure 8: The regional effect of broadband on job creation according to different levels of
penetration
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Figure 9: Total telecommunications industry revenues (in US$) (2010-2014)
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Figure 10: Economies of scale in the wireless industry
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Figure 11: Difference in scale economies between local and global operator
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Figure 12: Worldwide Internet adoption (as percent of world population) (2000-2015)
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Figure 13: Selected Regions: Internet penetration (as percent of population) (2000-2015)
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Figure 14: Worldwide internet adoption vs. fixed broadband adoption (2000-2015)
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Figure 15: Selected Regions: Fixed broadband penetration (2000-2015)
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Figure 16: Selected Regions: Mobile broadband penetration (2007-2015)
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Figure 17: Correlation between fixed broadband penetration and price elasticity
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Figure 18: OIC Member Countries: Mobile broadband coverage (3G) (2015)
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Figure 19: OIC Member Countries: Herfindahl-Hirschman Index of the fixed broadband industry
(2016)
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Figure 20: OIC Member Countries: Herfindahl-Hirschman Index of the mobile broadband industry
(2016)
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Figure 21: OECD versus OIC Member Countries: Internet penetration
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Figure 22: OECD versus OIC Member Countries: Fixed broadband penetration (2000-2015)
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Figure 23: OECD versus OIC Member Countries: Mobile broadband penetration (2007-2015)
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Figure 24: OIC Average: Pricing of selected broadband products
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Figure 25: Percentage of local internet content by region (2013)
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Figure 26: Cote d’Ivoire: Comparative adoption of fixed and mobile broadband (2003-2016)
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Figure 27: Cote d’Ivoire: Unique visitors among sites with > 100,000 visits (September 2016)
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Figure 28: Cote d’Ivoire: Internet users and facebook members (2000-2016)
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Figure 29: Sub-Saharan Africa: Telecommunications Affordability Index (2014)
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Figure 30: Cote d’Ivoire: Mobile broadband market shares (by subscribers) (2012-2016)
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Figure 31: Cote d’Ivoire: Mobile broadband Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (2012-2016)
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Figure 32: Monthly subscription of 1 GB cap USB (in US$)
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Figure 33: OIC Member Countries: Fixed broadband vs. mobile broadband penetration (2015) 118
Figure 34: Saudi Arabia: Comparative adoption of fixed and mobile broadband (2003-2016) 119
Figure 35: Saudi Arabia: Internet users and social network members (2000-2016)
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Figure 36: Correlation between internet penetration and electronic commerce as percentage of
total retailing (2015)
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Figure 37: OIC Member Countries: Telecommunications Affordability Index (2014)
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