>From: "Christine" <christine@apdip.net>
>To: <incom-l@incommunicado.info>
>Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:28:51 +0700
>Subject: <incom> New Publication - ICT Policy Formulation and e-Strategy
>Development: A Comprehensive Guidebook
>
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>ICT Policy Formulation and e-Strategy Development: A Comprehensive Guidebook
>Author: Richard Labelle
>C UNDP-APDIP, Elsevier, 2005, 101 pages
>ISBN 81-8147-752-9
>
>http://www.apdip.net/news/policyguidebook
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>
>The objective of this guidebook is to explain the nature of people-focused
>information and communications technology (ICT) policy formulation and
>strategy development. Using examples and practices drawn from the
>Asia-Pacific and around the world, it discusses the role of ICT
>policy-making in human development. In particular, its potential
>contribution in the fight against poverty and disease, advocacy for the
>empowerment of women and other marginalized groups, prevention and
>management of disasters of all types, advancement of good governance, and
>the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals is highlighted.
>
>The guidebook focuses on the steps required in developing ICT policies,
>including appropriate e-readiness assessment methodologies, participatory
>methodologies and visioning exercises. Also discussed are questions that
>need to be considered in developing an ICT strategy, the sectors that ICT
>policy-making needs to deal with, and the approaches to ICT action planning.
>
>This guidebook will be useful to planning officers seeking to introduce ICTs
>in national development planning at every level - national, provincial,
>district, local and community. It will help them understand some of the
>issues and concerns. It will assist them in dealing with the challenges of
>introducing technology in conditions that a priori may not always appear
>conducive or, in some circumstances, may seem completely inappropriate given
>other development needs and priorities.
>
>This guidebook will also be useful for decision makers and development
>practitioners in government and development organizations including NGOs. It
>can be utilized at the community level by those who seek to understand ICT's
>role in development, and how they can organize, plan and marshal resources
>to best meet the needs of their constituencies using ICTs.
>
>This guidebook is the latest addition to the UNDP-APDIP ICT4D Series. Three
>other publications under this series are also available online. Their titles
>are:
>
>1. ICT Policies and e-Strategies in the Asia Pacific: A Critical Assessment
>of The Way Forward
>
>2. An Overview of ICT Policies and e-Strategies of Select Asian Economies
>
>3. Information and Communication Technologies for Development: A Guidebook
>for Parliamentarians
>
>Forthcoming, under this series, is a publication entitled "Internet
>Governance: Asia-Pacific Perspectives"
>
>All UNDP-APDIP publications are available in full text at
>http://www.apdip.net/publications
>
>
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