I think this leaves out something critical: information infrastructure isn't merely something you deliver to a region to extract profits from it, but something

I think this leaves out something critical: information infrastructure isn't merely something you deliver to a region to extract profits from it, but something that accelerates growth and helps build a civil society and flourishing middle class. If I had a couple billion dollars to blow, I'd be spending it on that. Though, maybe that's why I don't have a couple billion to blow =)