The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the publishers concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitations of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] In the right environments, both busi- and ness and non-profi t enterprise are effective in rapidly expanding Executive Secretary, ESCAP This page intentionally left blank Preface ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION: RIDING THE WAVES OF CHANGE IN A ‘FLAT WORLD’ The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries of the world, long ago made the choice to invest the present and th [...] More recently, in the United States (US), the Obama are the key movers and shakers in the ICT for develop- campaign demonstrated the importance of ICTs in creating ment arena in the region. [...] The edition included reference to disruptive ICTs, a unique opportunity to access the richness and the com- with a close-up examination of the social, political, and cultural plexity of the debates, of the choices being made and to aspects of e-governance and the need to develop appropriate be made, and of the major issues in the interface between ICTs using Open Source programs and local language [...] And we strongly believe In the 2007–2008 edition, we featured developments in mobile in the importance of this complementarity and diversity Digital Review of Asia Pacifi c 2009–2010 Preface x of voices, ensuring that, as in Kurozawa’s Rashomon, the educational sector through the use of technology is a necessary perspectives of the different actors are represented but also precondition to meeting
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Foreword 8
- Preface 10
- Introduction 12
- Acronyms 16
- A. Regional overviews 30
- ICT for development in Asia Pacific: Emerging themes in a diverse region 32
- An overview of regulatory approaches to ICTs in Asia and thoughts on best practices for the future 44
- Managing innovation in the network economy: Lessons for countries in the Asia Pacific region 54
- B. Regional issues in ICT in education 72
- Education for All in the digital age 74
- Distance education in Asia Pacific 80
- ICTs in non-formal education in Asia Pacific 88
- Capacity-building for ICT integration in education 96
- Public-private partnerships in ICT for education 106
- C. Sub-regional perspectives 118
- Pacific Island Countries 120
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 132
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations 140
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 148
- D. Review of individual economies 156
- .af Afghanistan 158
- .au Australia 164
- .bd Bangladesh 173
- .bt Bhutan 181
- .bn Brunei Darussalam 189
- .kh Cambodia 196
- .cn China 204
- .hk Hong Kong 211
- .in India 221
- .id Indonesia 230
- .ir Iran 239
- .jp Japan 248
- .kp Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 258
- .kr Korea, Republic of 263
- .la Lao People’s Democratic Republic 270
- .mo Macau 278
- .my Malaysia 284
- .mv Maldives 291
- .mn Mongolia 297
- .mm Myanmar 303
- .np Nepal 309
- .nz New Zealand 315
- .pk Pakistan 323
- .ph Philippines 331
- .sg Singapore 341
- .lk Sri Lanka 353
- .tw Taiwan 364
- .th Thailand 371
- .tl Timor-Leste 380
- .vn Vietnam 387
- About the contributing authors 396
- Index 411
- A 411
- B 411
- C 412
- D 413
- E 413
- F 414
- G 414
- H 414
- I 414
- J 415
- K 415
- L 416
- M 416
- N 417
- O 417
- P 417
- Q 418
- R 418
- S 418
- T 419
- U 419
- V 419
- W 419