As a component of this work, the OECD, UNESCO and ISOC have partnered to study the relationship between the Internet, development and cultivation of local content. This report demonstrates the significant relationship between the social objective of fostering the development of local content on the one hand, and the quantity and quality of available Internet infrastructure in a country on the other hand. Furthermore, it shows how prices and capacity influence both access and use of the available contents, and how ICT availability and dissemination can increase accountability, participation, and harness development. The extension of Internet access and thus local content to all parts of the population requires mutually reinforcing policy areas, such as investment, technology, education, and competition to create enabling environments for key inter-related sectors.