The Ukrainian government on Wednesday approved a roadmap for developing the digital economy, which is aimed at boosting the country's economic growth, its press service said in a statement, according to Xinhua.
According to the plan, within the next three years, the government will modernize digital infrastructure, promote the development of Internet technologies and provide incentives for high-tech projects, reads the report.
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According to the government's estimates, the planned digital economy development could increase the country's projected gross domestic product growth by 5 percent by 2021.
Currently, about 35 percent of Ukraine's rural population has no access to the broadband Internet. Less than a half of schools and only 1 percent of hospitals in the East European country are connected to the world wide web.