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United States Policy toward Global South Information and Communication Technology Sector Development Assistance: Problems and Prospects
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United States Policy toward Global South Information and Communication Technology Sector Development Assistance: Problems and Prospects
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S268667300009769-5-
DOI
10.31857/S268667300009769-5
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Article
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Published
Authors
Zorikto Gomboin 
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Radio Research and Development Institute
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Edition
Issue 6
Pages
40-59
Abstract

This article is aimed at analysing the U.S policy in assisting digitalization of Global South countries. To achieve this aim we look at the current situation of the U.S official development assistance flows to ICT sector – more specifically, we study official policy documents, agencies involved, compare the aid flows, determine regional and country assistance priorities. Furthermore, this article is specifically targeting the most recent developments in this sector, given the rising technological competition between the U.S. and China, in particular in regards to 5G deployment. U.S. is significantly behind its peer competitor China when compared by the assistance flows to the developing world. This fact enables many politicians and think tanks to push for renewed efforts in this direction. It has already forced trade facilitation agencies to deploy massive programmes in the Global South, and the development aid agencies will undoubtedly follow this lead soon. However, this new ICT sector aid will not only be locked for American businesses only, but also will come with some other strings attached, including cybersecurity and cross-border data flows regulation change conditions.

Keywords
United States, China, development aid, official development assistance, information and communication technologies, ICT, ICT for development, ICT4D, digital economy, technological competition
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30.03.2020
Date of publication
09.06.2020
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