Maldives: Information Technology Development Project (South Asia Project Brief)
Widowati, Sri | October 2012
Abstract
Information and communication technology (ICT) is widely recognized as a potential powerful tool in the fight against world poverty, with the capacity to provide developing countries with an unprecedented opportunity to meet vital development goals such as poverty reduction, basic health care, and education. Countries that succeed in harnessing the potential of ICT can look forward to greatly accelerating economic growth, dramatically improving human welfare, and fostering good governance practices.
In the Maldives, the telecoms infrastructure and services have expanded rapidly over the last decade. However, improving practical access even further and reducing the relatively high cost of local and long distance telephone use, cellular mobile expense, and internet access remain key concerns. Taking into account these conditions and the national development priorities of the Maldives, the government has decided to move toward a more open competitive environment in the telecoms system. This move is reinforced by the international trend in telecoms markets to contestability and competition, and the World Trade Organization protocol on liberalization of markets for telecoms.
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Widowati, Sri. 2012. Maldives: Information Technology Development Project (South Asia Project Brief). © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/458. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Development In East Asia
Development Planning
Development Research
Technology Development
Aid And Development
Comprehensive Development Framework
Development Cooperation
Development Management
Development Planning
Development Strategies
Development strategy
Development models
Economic development
New technology
Rural planning
Aid coordination
Industrial projects
Infrastructure projects
Natural resources policy
Educational development
Economic development projects
Economic forecasting
Economic development projects
Municipal government
Technology transfer
Exchanges of patents and technical information
Technical education
Technology tCommunication in rural development
Communication in community development
Economic development projects
Development banks
Economic forecasting
Environmental auditing
Cumulative effects assessment
Human rights and globalizationransfer
Technocracy
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