Latin American Economy & Business - June 2014 (ISSN 1741-7430)

As web-based information and communications technology (ICT) grows in economic importance, the degree of connectivity achieved by different countries becomes a proxy for their ability to compete. A recent study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) suggests broadband penetration remains uneven in Latin America and the Caribbean, and despite some efforts to catch up, still lags behind the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).