ƒ An economy characterized by a wide-spread deployment and exploitation of ICTs within the society to support the delivery of health, education, government and social services ƒ An economy characterized by a modern educational system within which ICTs are widely deployed to facilitate the delivery of educational services at all levels of the educational system ƒ An economy in which a reasonable large proportion of the population have access to information and communications technology products and services ƒ An economy in which the provision and delivery of goods and services of the key sectors of the economy are to a large extent facilitated by information and communications technologies ƒ An economy in which the provision and delivery of services by government and its administrative machinery are to a large extent facilitated by information and communications technologies ƒ An economy based on an advanced and reliable national information and communications infrastructure ƒ An economy based on a literate society with a high proportion of computer literates. Achieving a Multi-Sectorial ICT-led Socio Economic Development Policy Goals In line with the goal to pursue a multi-sectorial development policy targeting key sectors of the economy as stated in a number of Ghana’s socio-economic development policy frameworks including the Vision 2020, the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and the Co-ordinated Programme for Economic and Social Development of Ghana (2003-2012) The Government is committed to, the establishment of a globally competitive, diversified and balanced economy that is driven by information, knowledge and skills --- an economy with an ICT-intensive modern industrial sector; a modern, efficient and competitive agricultural sector; and a vibrant ICTdriven, valued added services sector capable of serving as the engine for accelerated economic growth and development. As part of this commitment, the Government will be implementing a multi-sectorial socio-economic development policy with the following sectorial goals: • Agricultural Sector Development Goal To modernize the agricultural sector to improve its efficiency and productivity to ensure food security, generate rural employment; contribute to economic growth and to improve the foreign exchange generation capacity of the sector. To aggressively promote and facilitate the development of a globally competitive agro-business industry to support the development of a vibrant agricultural value-added industry capable of supporting the development and modernization of the agricultural sector and its allied sub-sectors and industries. To promote basic and cutting-edge agriculture-based research and related R&D work to improve agriculture yield of main crops and products, improve on agricultural processes and productivity and to 26