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| Digital Review of the Asia Pacific (DirAP) and Digital Divide Index (DDI) Launch |
The Digital Review of the Asia Pacific (DirAP) and Digital Divide Index (DDI) will be officially launched at the World Summit of the Information Society ( WSIS) on November 17 th 2005 during the Presentation of Research Reports on the State of ICTs in Various Areas of the World organized by ORBICOM from 10:00 to 13:30 at the ICT4all Exhibit in Expo room 9. “Recommend reading for all those who are interested in learning about the latest development and challenges facing the ICT industry in the Asia-Pacific region.” | - Apichai Sunchindah, Executive Director ASEAN Foundation |
The Digital Review of Asia Pacific covers individual economies in all of the following aspects of the ICT sector: - Local online content
- Online services
- Industries
- Key national initiatives
- Enabling Policies
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- Open source software
- Research and development
- Trends
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Four thematic chapters on various facets of the information society: - Building information societies: Bridging the digital divide in Asia Pacific
- Internet governance: Urgent issues for Asia Pacific
- Social, political and cultural aspects of ICT: E-governance, popular participation and international politics
- Appropriate ICT for Asia Pacific: Opting for open source, localisation, internationalisation and free access
Monitoring the Digital Divide is Orbocom's response to the lack of adequate approaches to quantify and monitor ICT-related gaps between info-poor and info-rich countries.
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