"Dear Mayengo Tom Kizito thank you for your excellent feedback. I fully agree that telecom investment will be greatly facilitated if the barriers of electricity and transport could be removed."
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Mayengo Tom Kizito commented on Muhammad Rasheed Khan's blog post What steps could be taken by countries to encourage greater investment in ICTs?"Thank you Khan for such a good piece.
When mentioning of the government's roles in encouraging ICT development and investment in countries, I felt you either didn't tackle properly or totally talk about the point of governments creating an…"
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E-GovernmentE-Government, the use of information communication technology in the public sector, not only enables access for the poor but also helps reduce the cost of access for both the citizens and the Government. OECD defines e-Government to be “the use of ICTs, and particularly the Internet, as a tool to achieve better government” (OECD 2003) . It provides incentive for the usage of ICTs by the public hence increases the overall usage and kick-starts the virtuous cycle of positive network…See More
Muhammad Rasheed Khan posted a blog postWhat steps could be taken by countries to encourage greater investment in ICTs?
To create information based society, investment in ICT infrastructure, content, applications and capacity building is necessary. Governments can promote public and private investment by adopting options listed in this essay.Public InvestmentDomesticIn the post liberalisation era, direct public investment is often not desirable unless there is sufficient evidence that market players will not enter a particular market (geographic or service). For example remote rural areas with little population…See More
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- Did you take the Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme - IGCBP from DiploFoundation? If so, in which year? Who was tutoring you?
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- As part of the telecom sector regulator, I am the secretary and convenor of the inter-departmental committee for broadband proliferation. I am also an ITU listed national expert on broadband regulation.
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E-Government adoption in Pakistan
E-Government
E-Government, the use of information communication technology in the public sector, not only enables access for the poor but also helps reduce the cost of access for both the citizens and the Government. OECD defines e-Government to be “the use of ICTs, and particularly the Internet, as a tool to achieve better government” (OECD 2003) . It provides incentive for the usage of ICTs by the public hence increases the overall usage and kick-starts the virtuous…
ContinuePosted on June 28, 2012 at 10:00am — 2 Comments
What steps could be taken by countries to encourage greater investment in ICTs?
To create information based society, investment in ICT infrastructure, content, applications and capacity building is necessary. Governments can promote public and private investment by adopting options listed in this essay.
Public Investment
Domestic
In the post liberalisation era, direct public investment is often not desirable unless there is sufficient evidence that market players will not enter a particular market (geographic or service). For example…
ContinuePosted on June 18, 2012 at 6:47pm — 2 Comments
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