From Envisioning to Designing e-Development : The Experience of Sri Lanka

This book focuses on identifying the potential benefits of a holistic, cross-sectoral development driven approach to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and how it relates to economic development and competitiveness for Sri Lanka. This v...

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Main Author: Hanna, Nagy K.
Format: Publication
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7339402/envisioning-designing-e-development-experience-sri-lanka
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spelling okr-10986-66282021-04-23T14:02:26Z From Envisioning to Designing e-Development : The Experience of Sri Lanka Hanna, Nagy K. ACCOUNTABILITY AUTONOMY BASIC BUREAUCRACIES BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING BUSINESS STRATEGIES CIVIL SERVICE CLIENT COUNTRIES COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITIES COMPONENTS COMPUTER TRAINING COMPUTING COPYING COPYRIGHT DEBT DIGITAL DIGITAL ACCESS DIGITAL DIVIDE DOI E-BUSINESS E-GOVERNMENT E-MAIL ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE ICT INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER INTRANET ISP KNOW-HOW KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR COSTS LEARNING LENDING OPERATIONS LITERACY NETWORKING NETWORKS PDA PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING RADIO REALISM RURAL CONNECTIVITY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE INDUSTRY SOFTWARE MARKETS SUBSIDIARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECENTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS PROGRAMS UNIVERSAL SERVICE This book focuses on identifying the potential benefits of a holistic, cross-sectoral development driven approach to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and how it relates to economic development and competitiveness for Sri Lanka. This volume, the first of two about moving e-Sri Lanka from vision to implementation, focuses on the design of the strategy aimed at enabling Sri Lanka to join the global information services economy. The volume first provides an overview of why and how the e-Sri Lanka strategy was designed, the nature of this strategy, and how World Bank funding was secured. It then looks at the potential of the software and information services sector and at the mechanisms to develop the human resources and local and export markets for a thriving sector. Finally, it examines why and how to extend affordable information infrastructure to all, particularly those in the country's rural and impoverished areas. 2012-05-29T22:11:55Z 2012-05-29T22:11:55Z 2007 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7339402/envisioning-designing-e-development-experience-sri-lanka 978-0-8213-6866-4 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6628 English en_US Directions in Development; Information and Communication Technologies CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC : World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia Sri Lanka
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topic ACCOUNTABILITY
AUTONOMY
BASIC
BUREAUCRACIES
BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING
BUSINESS STRATEGIES
CIVIL SERVICE
CLIENT COUNTRIES
COLLABORATION
COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITIES
COMPONENTS
COMPUTER TRAINING
COMPUTING
COPYING
COPYRIGHT
DEBT
DIGITAL
DIGITAL ACCESS
DIGITAL DIVIDE
DOI
E-BUSINESS
E-GOVERNMENT
E-MAIL
ECONOMIC REFORM
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPLOYMENT
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE
ICT
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
INFORMATION SERVICES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATIONS
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
INTRANET
ISP
KNOW-HOW
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
LABOR COSTS
LEARNING
LENDING OPERATIONS
LITERACY
NETWORKING
NETWORKS
PDA
PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLISHING
RADIO
REALISM
RURAL CONNECTIVITY
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
SOFTWARE MARKETS
SUBSIDIARY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TELECENTERS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
UNIVERSAL ACCESS PROGRAMS
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
spellingShingle ACCOUNTABILITY
AUTONOMY
BASIC
BUREAUCRACIES
BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING
BUSINESS STRATEGIES
CIVIL SERVICE
CLIENT COUNTRIES
COLLABORATION
COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITIES
COMPONENTS
COMPUTER TRAINING
COMPUTING
COPYING
COPYRIGHT
DEBT
DIGITAL
DIGITAL ACCESS
DIGITAL DIVIDE
DOI
E-BUSINESS
E-GOVERNMENT
E-MAIL
ECONOMIC REFORM
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMPLOYMENT
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE
ICT
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
INFORMATION SERVICES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATIONS
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
INTRANET
ISP
KNOW-HOW
KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
LABOR COSTS
LEARNING
LENDING OPERATIONS
LITERACY
NETWORKING
NETWORKS
PDA
PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLISHING
RADIO
REALISM
RURAL CONNECTIVITY
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
SOFTWARE MARKETS
SUBSIDIARY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TELECENTERS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
UNIVERSAL ACCESS PROGRAMS
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Hanna, Nagy K.
From Envisioning to Designing e-Development : The Experience of Sri Lanka
geographic_facet South Asia
Sri Lanka
relation Directions in Development; Information and Communication Technologies
description This book focuses on identifying the potential benefits of a holistic, cross-sectoral development driven approach to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and how it relates to economic development and competitiveness for Sri Lanka. This volume, the first of two about moving e-Sri Lanka from vision to implementation, focuses on the design of the strategy aimed at enabling Sri Lanka to join the global information services economy. The volume first provides an overview of why and how the e-Sri Lanka strategy was designed, the nature of this strategy, and how World Bank funding was secured. It then looks at the potential of the software and information services sector and at the mechanisms to develop the human resources and local and export markets for a thriving sector. Finally, it examines why and how to extend affordable information infrastructure to all, particularly those in the country's rural and impoverished areas.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Hanna, Nagy K.
author_facet Hanna, Nagy K.
author_sort Hanna, Nagy K.
title From Envisioning to Designing e-Development : The Experience of Sri Lanka
title_short From Envisioning to Designing e-Development : The Experience of Sri Lanka
title_full From Envisioning to Designing e-Development : The Experience of Sri Lanka
title_fullStr From Envisioning to Designing e-Development : The Experience of Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed From Envisioning to Designing e-Development : The Experience of Sri Lanka
title_sort from envisioning to designing e-development : the experience of sri lanka
publisher Washington, DC : World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7339402/envisioning-designing-e-development-experience-sri-lanka
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6628
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