The impact of information and communication technologies in the Middle East and North Africa

Flavia Tsang, Ohid Yaqub, Desiree van Welsum, Tony G. Thompson-Starkey, Joanna Chataway

ResearchPublished Nov 30, 2011

This report, prepared for and funded by the World Bank, presents the results of an exploratory study to understand the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The main objective is to provide a series of analyses and inputs to the World Bank that will help to frame their thinking about ICT use in MENA.

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Tsang, Flavia, Ohid Yaqub, Desiree van Welsum, Tony G. Thompson-Starkey, and Joanna Chataway, The impact of information and communication technologies in the Middle East and North Africa. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2011. https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1163.html.
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