The Digital Review of Asia Pacific meets an urgent need for current and relevant information and viewpoints on ICT for development in Asia and the Pacific. As such, it is a tremendously valuable resource for the policymakers, government leaders, and public sector managers.
— Hyeun-Suk Rhee (Director, Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development, Incheon, Republic of Korea)
The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific.
This fourth edition (2009–2010) features 30 economies and four subregional groupings. The chapters provide updated information on ICT infrastructure, industries, content and services, key initiatives, enabling policies, regulation, education and capacity building, open source and R&D initiatives, as well as key ICTD challenges in each of the economies covered. The common framework that underpins these reports allows readers to undertake a comparative analysis and assess progress across the region.
In addition, regional overviews provide a synthesis of ICTD trends, regulatory issues, and lessons for managing innovation in the network economy. The thematic chapters focus on issues in ICT in education, a key area in ICTD.
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 – Noeleen Heyzer
Preface – Laurent Elder, Maria Ng Lee Hoon, Claude-Yves Charron, and Alain Modoux
Introduction – Shahid Akhtar and Patricia Arinto
Acronyms
A. Regional overviews
ICT for development in Asia Pacific: Emerging themes in a diverse region – Danny Butt and Partha Pratim Sarker
An overview of regulatory approaches to information and communication technologies in Asia and thoughts on best practices for the future – Rajesh Sreenivasan and Abhishek Singh
Managing innovation in the network economy: Lessons for countries in the Asia Pacific region – Mahendhiran Nair and Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen
B. Issues for the region: A focus on ICT for education
Education for all in the digital age – Tan Sri Dato’ Gajaraj Dhanarajan
Distance education in Asia Pacific – Jon Baggaley, Tian Belawati, and Naveed Malik
ICTs in non-formal education in Asia Pacific – Anita Dighe, Hameed A. Hakeem, and Sheldon Shaeffer
Capacity-building for ICT integration in education – Wai-Kong Ng, Fengchun Miao, and Molly Lee
Public-private partnerships in ICT for education – Hitendra Pillay and Greg Hearn
C. Sub-regional perspectives
Pacific Island Countries – Arthur Jorari, John Budden, and Samuelu Taufao
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation – Maria Teresa Garcia with Emmanuel C. Lallana
Association of Southeast Asian Nations – Lim Hock Chuan
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation – Kishor Pradhan and Harsha Liyanage
D. Review of individual economies
.af Afghanistan – Muhammad Aimal Marjan
.au Australia – Lelia Green and Axel Bruns
.bd Bangladesh – Ananya Raihan
.bt Bhutan – Kuenga Jurmi and Sangay Wangchuk
.bn Brunei Darussalam – Yong Chee Tuan
.kh Cambodia – Pan Sorasak and Chriv Kosona
.cn China – Zhang Guoliang and Deng Jianguo
.hk Hong Kong – John Yat-Chu Fung
.in India – Osama Manzar and Syed S. Kazi
.id Indonesia – Donny B.U. and Rapin Mudiardjo
.ir Iran – Masoud Davarinejad and Massood Saffari
.jp Japan – Keisuke Kamimura and Adam Peake
.kp Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of – Heejin Lee, Seungkwon Jang, and Kyungmin Ko
.kr Korea, Republic of – Jong Sung Hwang and Sang-Hyun Park
.la Lao, People’s Democratic Republic of – Phonpasit Phissamay
.mo Macau – Luiz Gonzaga Lau and Luis Chi Meng Loi
.my Malaysia – Musa Abu Hassan and Siti Zobidah Omar
.mv Maldives – Malika Ibrahim and Ilyas Ahmed
.mn Mongolia – Lkhagvasuren Ariunaa and Sambuu Uyanga
.mm Myanmar – Thein Oo and Myint Myint Than
.np Nepal – Sushil Pandey and Basanta Shrestha
.nz New Zealand – Robyn Kamira
.pk Pakistan – Salman Ansari and Shahida Saleem
.ph Philippines – Fortunato de la Peña, Timoteo Diaz de Rivera, and Paz Hernandez Diaz
.sg Singapore – Goh Seow Hiong
.lk Sri Lanka – A. Ruvan Weerasinghe and Chamindra K.I. de Silva
.tw Taiwan – Yu-li Liu and Eunice Hsiao-hui Wang
.th Thailand – Thaweesak Koanantakool, Kalaya Udomvitid, and Chadamas Thuvasethakul
.tl Timor-Leste – Abel Pires da Silva
.vn Vietnam – Tran Ngoc Ca and Nguyen Thi Thu Huong
Edited by Shahid Akhtar and Patricia Arinto
Sage/IDRC/Orbicom 2009
ISBN 978-81-321-0084-3
e-ISBN 978-1-52550-456-7
382 pp.
