Broadband Policies for Latin America and the Caribbean : A Digital Economy Toolkit This joint initiative by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) and the OECD seeks to encourage the expansion of broadband networks and services in the region supporting a coherent and cross sectorial approach to maximise their benefits for economic and social development. Drawing on a wealth of experience from LAC and OECD countries the Toolkit outlines the main policy objectives in this area and provides guidance for their measurement an overview of developments in the region and a compilation of good practices in several areas related to broadband policy making. This comprehensive volume encompasses a wealth of areas including digital strategies regulatory frameworks spectrum management competition and infrastructure bottlenecks broadband access affordability sector taxation inclusion convergence regional integration education skills business uptake entrepreneurship local content e health digital government consumer policy and digital security and privacy.