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3Financing a Forward-Looking Internet for All
Contents
1. Foreword
2. Executive summary
3. Introduction
4. The case for forward-looking internet access
5. Digital maturity raises the bar
6. Digital inequalities…
7. …And high costs
8. Sidebar: Connectivity technologies for a New Age
9. Sidebar: Rising internet securityconcerns
10. The fnancing landscape for information and
communications technology
11. Private-sector capital providers
12. Public-sector and international capital providers
13. Other factors
14. A broadened perspective
15. Box: Total societal impact
16. Expanding the case for ICT infrastructure fnancing
17. Public-sector actions
18. Other initiatives
19. Blended fnancing
20. Project bundling
21. Securitization mechanisms
22. Multistakeholder funds
23. Co-investment vehicles
24. Risk guarantees
25. Infrastructure marketplaces
26. The role of project preparation
27. Sidebar: Using demographic and technical
analyses to encourage investment in rural areas
28. Sidebar: Case studies on innovative fnancing
models
29. Case study: Vive Digital (Colombia)
30. Case study: Red Compartida (Mexico)
31. Case study: Digital Malawi
32. Conclusion
33. Appendix 1: ICT Financing Partners Platform
34. Appendix 2: Calculation Methodology for Figure 4
35. Acknowledgements
36. Endnotes
4Financing a Forward-Looking Internet for All。。。