Edited by Felix Librero and Patricia B. Arinto
Sage/IDRC/Orbicom 2007
ISBN 978-0-7619-3674-9
e-ISBN 978-1-55250-377-5
382 pp.
This third edition (2007–2008) covers 31 countries and economies, including North Korea for the first time. Each country chapter presents key ICT policies, applications,and initiatives for national development. In addition, five thematic chapters provide a synthesis of some of the key issues in ICT4D in the region, including mobile and wireless technologies, risk communication, intellectual property regimes,and localization.
The authors are drawn from government, academe, industry,and civil society, providing a broad perspective on the use of ICTs for human development.
CONTENTS
Foreword – Muhammad Yunus
Preface – Claude-Yves Charron and Maria Ng Lee Hoon
Introduction – Felix Librero
Acronyms
Issues for the Region
ICT4D in Asia Pacific: An overview of emerging issues – Danny Butt, Rajesh Sreenivasan and Abhishek Singh
Mobile and wireless technologies for development in Asia Pacific – Tan Geok Leng and Suranart Tanvejsilp
The role of ICTs in risk communication in Asia Pacific – Krishnamurthy Sriramesh, Chanuka Wattegama and Frederick John Abo
Localization in Asia Pacific – Sarmad Hussain and Ram Mohan
Key policy issues in intellectual property and technology in Asia Pacific – Elizabeth V. Cardoza and Lawrence Liang
State and evolution of ICTs: A tale of two Asias – George Sciadas
Review of individual economies
.af Afghanistan: Muhammad – Aimal Marjan
.au Australia – Lelia Green and Axel Bruns
.bd Bangladesh – Ananya Raihan and Shah M. Ahsan Habib
.bt Bhutan – Sangay Wangchuk and Gopi Pradhan
.bn Brunei Darussalam – Yong Chee Tuan and Hj Abd Rahim Derus
.kh Cambodia – Brian Unger and Naomi Robinson
.cn China – Zhang Guoliang, Zhang Xinhua and Deng Jianguo
.hk Hong Kong – Geoff Long, John Fung and Charles Mok
.in India – Frederick Noronha and Sajan Venniyoor
.id Indonesia – Donny B.U. and Rapin Mudiardjo
.ir Iran – Masoud Davarinejad and Massood Saffari
.jp Japan – Keisuke Kamimura and Adam Peake
.la Lao PDR – Phonpasit Phissamay
.my Malaysia – Musa Abu Hassan and Mohd Safar Hasim
.mv Maldives – Malika Ibrahim and Ilyas Ahmed
.mn Mongolia – Lkhagvasuren Ariunaa and Batchuluun Batpurev
.mo Macau – Geoff Long
.mm Myanmar – Thein Oo and Myint Myint Than
.np Nepal – Sushil Pandey and Basanta Shrestha
.nz New Zealand – Andy Williamson
.kp North Korea – Kyungmin Ko, Seungkwon Jang and Heejin Lee
Pacific Island States – Esther Batiri Williams
.pk Pakistan – Jamshed Masood and Salman Malik
.ph Philippines – Lorraine Carlos Salazar, Shelah Lardizabal-Vallarino and Zorayda Ruth Andam
.sg Singapore – Goh Seow Hiong
.kr South Korea – Jong Sung Hwang and Jihyun Jun
.lk Sri Lanka – Nalaka Gunawardene
.tw Taiwan – Yu-li Liu and Eunice Hsiao-hui Wang
.th Thailand – Thaweesak Koanantakool and Kalaya Udomvitid
.tp/.tl Timor-Leste – João Câncio Freitas
.vn Vietnam – Tran Ngoc Ca and Tran Ba Tha
Review of subregional associations
Association of Southeast Asian Nations – Lorraine Carlos Salazar and Shelah Lardizabal-Vallarino
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation – Atanu Garai and Kapil Chawla
About the Contributing Authors
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