Broadband and job creation: Policies promoting broadband deployment and use will enable sustainable ICT-based job creation

Countries are keen to stimulate economic growth and job creation during the ongoing economic crisis. Some have initiated national broadband programs to stimulate innovation and knowledge-based growth and job creation. This policy note discusses broadband-enabled job creation. Broadband networks and services deployment immediately create jobs. However, transformational uses of broadband could have wider effects, albeit over a longer period and with more uneven outcomes. T