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Foreword.......................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................................................................8
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
and Their Contribution to the National Development.....................................................................11
Overall Objective and Purpose of the Policy........................................................................................ 13
Current Situation and Challenges.................................................................................................................... 15
Current Situation................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Challenges..................................................................................................................................................................................18
Priorities....................................................................................................................................................................................................23
Criteria for Selecting Priorities............................................................................................................................23
Specific Priorities............................................................................................................................................................... 24
General Considerations...............................................................................................................................................25
Approaches and Principles.................................................................................................................................................. 26
Multi-Stakeholder and Multi-Sector Collaboration...................................................................... 26
Pragmatic Approach........................................................................................................................................................28
Private, in particular Locally-Based, Sector Driven Development................................35
Sustainable Best Practice ICT Sector Governance........................................................................37
Fair and Effective Competition and Enhancement of Economies of Scale......... 42
“Squeezing-the-Assets” and “Thinking-of-a-Greater-Good”................................................45
Kick-Starting Sustainable Development.................................................................................................. 46
Subsidiarity and Stakeholder Ownership and Drive................................................................... 46
Policy as a Process............................................................................................................................................................ 48
Integration into the Work as Usual................................................................................................................ 49
Socially Inclusive and Equitable Development................................................................................. 51
Being a Responsible Member of the International
and Regional Community.......................................................................................................................................... 51
Prioritising the Priorities............................................................................................................................................52
Utilisation of Appropriate Tools.........................................................................................................................53
Operationalizing Implementation of this Policy..........................................................................................55
Final Provisions.................................................................................................................................................................................57
Annex A // Selecting Policy Priorities.................................................................................................................... 59
Annex B // Expected Results of the Policy: Outcomes and Impact.........................................67
Annex C // List of Strategies for the Implementation
of the National ICT Policy............................................................................................................................................... 71
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