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Building Local Capacity for ICT Policy and Regulation

A needs assessment and gap analysis for Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific

Activity # 1278
infoDev Lead Valerie D'Costa

Summary

Policy-making and regulation for the ICT sector in developing counties are complex and difficult challenges, for several reasons. The issues are complex and rapidly changing as technologies and business models change. The political economy of ICT sector reform is highly sensitive, both because of vested interests and because of labor and revenue implications of restructuring, privatization and competition. And policy and regulation are by their nature incremental, contextual processes shaped by local realities.

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