From the Publisher
The publication reviews how information and communication technologies (ICTs) are being deployed across the Asia Pacific to support socioeconomic development of countries and territories in the region. It focuses on nine important areas:

• Local online content
• Online services
• Industries
• Key national initiatives
• Enabling policies
• Regulatory environment
• Open source movement
• Research and development
• Trends

The 2003/2004 edition covers 27 economies and includes a special chapter on the Pacific Islands.

Table of Contents

• Riding the waves of change: Transforming the digital divide into digital opportunities
• Asia-Pacific ICTs: An overview of diversity by Chin Saik Yoon
• .af Afghanistan by Muhammad Aimal Marjan
• .au Australia by Lelia Green
• .bd Bangladesh by Samudra E. Haque
• .bn Brunei by Yong Chee Tuan
• .bt Bhutan by Gopi Pradhan
• .cn China by Huixin Ke
• .hk Hong Kong by Pindar Wong
• .id Indonesia by Onno Purbo
• .in India by Madanmohan Rao
• .jp Japan by Izumi Aizu
• .kh Cambodia by Norbert Klein
• .kr South Korea by Jong-Sung Hwang
• .la Laos by Phonpasit Phissamay
• .lk Sri Lanka by Nalaka Gunawardene and Chanuka Wattegama
• .mm Myanmar by Pyone Maung-Maung
• .mn Mongolia by Narantsetseg Baljin
• .mo Macau by Pindar Wong
• .my Malaysia by Zaharom Nain
• .np Nepal by Basanta Shrestha and Sushil Pandey
• .nz New Zealand by Danny Butt
• .ph Philippines by Emmanuel Lallana
• .pk Pakistan by Jamshed Masood
• .sg Singapore by Goh Seow Hiong
• .th Thailand by Hugh Thaweesak Koanantakool
• .tp Timor-Leste by Abdullah Zainol Abidin
• .tw Taiwan by Ching-Yi Liu
• .vn Vietnam by Nguyen Trung Quynh
• Pacific Islands by Robert L. Guild

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