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 the Asia Pacific region.
This fourth edition (2009-2010) features 30 economies and four sub-regional groupings. The chapters provide updated information on ICT infrastructure, industries, content and services, key programs, enabling policies and regulation, education and capacity building, open source, and research and development initiatives, as well as 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 Asia Pacific.
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.
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This book is a timely compendium of vital information, trends and issues regarding the use if information and communication technology in the Asia Pacific.... The book has two great advantages: (1) It is a quick and precise reading with plenty of insightful windows that one needs to look through and (2) The language is lucid and simple with no jargon at any stage. -- Vision
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Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 216 mm
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978-81-321-0084-3 (9788132100843)
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PART ONE: 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 ICTs 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
PART TWO: REGIONAL ISSUES FOR ICT IN 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, Abdul 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
PART THREE: SUB-REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Pacific Island Countries - Arthur Jorari, John Budden and Samuelo 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
PART FOUR: REVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL ECONOMIES
Afghanistan - Muhammad Aimal Marjan
Australia - Lelia Green and Axel Bruns
Bangladesh - Ananya Raihan
Bhutan - Kuenga Jurmi and Sangay Wangchuk
Brunei Darussalam - Yong Chee Tuan
Cambodia - Pan Sorasak and Chriv Kosona
China - Zhang Guoliang and Deng Jianguo
Hong Kong - John Yat-Chu Fung
India - Osama Manzar and Syed S Kazi
Indonesia - Donny B U and Rapin Mudiardjo
Iran - Masoud Davarinejad and Massood Saffari
Japan - Keisuke Kamimura and Adam Peake
Korea, Democratic People's Republic - Heejin Lee, Seungkwon Jang and Kyungmin Ko
Korea, Republic of - Jong Sung Hwang and Sang-Hyun Park
Lao People's Democratic Republic - Phonpasit Phissamay
Macau - Luiz Gonzaga Lau and Luis Chi Meng Loi
Malaysia - Musa Abu Hassan and Siti Zobidah Omar
Maldives - Malika Ibrahim and Ilyas Ahmed
Mongolia - Lkhagvasuren Ariunaa and Sambuu Uyanga
Myanmar - Thein Oo and Myint Myint Than
Nepal - Sushil Pandey and Basanta Shrestha
New Zealand - Robyn Kamira
Pakistan - Salman Ansari and Shahida Saleem
Philippines - Fortunato de la Pena, Timoteo Diaz de Rivera and Paz Hernandez Diaz
Singapore - Goh Seow Hiong
A Ruvan Weerasinghe and Chamindra K I de Silva
Sri Lanka
Taiwan - Yu-li Liu and Eunice Hsiao-hui Wang
Thailand - Thaweesak Koanantakool, Kalaya Udomvitid and Chadamas Thuvasethakul
Timor-Leste - Abel Pires da Silva
Vietnam - Tran Ngoc Ca and Nguyen Thi Thu Huong
