ICT in in Developing Countries of Asia

["Irfan Khan" <khania2@super.net.pk>]

Information and Communication Technology in Developing Countries of 
Asia 

URL: http://www.developmentgateway.org/download/155082/adb6.pdf 

Description: This paper by Brahm Prakash, who is Assistant Chief 
Economist, Economic Analysis and Research Division, Economics and 
Development Resource Center, Asian Development Bank, Manila, 
Philippines, "...reviews the development of information and 
communication technology (ICT) in the recent past and focuses on the 
pattern of its growth in Asian countries". It provides assessment of 
the ICT’s development potential for developing countries of the 
region where the bulk of the world’s poor reside and to capture some 
of the challenges ICT now faces there (ADB, 2000). 

Contributed by: Andrei Sakalou (St. John's University) 

Submission date: 27 Nov 2002 

Posted to: ICT for Development  

source: http://www.developmentgateway.org/content/item-
detail?item_id=267405&version_id=155082