7 December 2009

Reform and regulation

• Interconnection Benchmarking in Namibia, Christoph Stork (South Africa/Germany) Presentation Policy Brief
• Fragmenting the Governance of Telecommunications Sector in China: Implications to China’s WTO Accession and Compliance, Shaohua Ma (Singapore/China) Presentation Policy Brief
• Building Better Governance: The Case of Sri Lanka Telecommunications Industry Reforms, Asoka Balasooriya (Australia/Sri Lanka) Presentation Policy Brief

ICT Policy: The Big Picture

• Telecommunication Adoption and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Do Levels of Development Matter?, Chandana Chakraborty (USA/India) & Banani Nandi Presentation Policy Brief
• Multi‐Stakeholder Principle in Asia, Y.J. Park (Netherlands/South Korea) Presentation Policy Brief
• Narratives on Digital Bangladesh: Shared Meanings, Shared Concerns, Jude Genilo (Bangladesh/Philippines), Shamsul Islam & Marium Akther Presentation Policy Brief

Industry Dynamics

• Future Telecom Markets and Strategy to cope with the Change, Kashif Janjua (Pakistan) & Shazada Alamgir Khan Presentation Policy Brief
• Next TV or Beyond TV: the Study of Access Barriers to Triple Play Yuntsai Chou (Taiwan) Presentation Policy Brief
• Technology and Innovation in the Diffusion Process of 3G Mobile Phones in Japan, Sheikh Taher Abu (Japan/Bangladesh) Presentation Policy Brief

Reaching the BOP

• Bottom of the Pyramid Expenditure Patterns on Mobile Phone Services in Selected Emerging Asian Countries
  Aileen Agüero (Sri Lanka/Peru) Presentation Policy Brief
• The Future of the Public Phone: Findings from a six-country Asian study of telecom use at the BOP, Nirmali Sivapragasam (Sri Lanka) Presentation Policy Brief
• A study of Virtual Learning Environment with reference to the perceived preparedness of college students in Tamilnadu (South India), C Jebakumar (India) & .P.Govindaraju Presentation Policy Brief

Senior Scholar Panel

• When can ex-ante accessregulation be withdrawn? Patrick Xavier (Australia)
• Budget Telecom Network Model to drive broadband in South Asia, Rohan Samarajiva (Sri Lanka)

8 December 2009

Governance of ICTs and ICTs for Governance

• Inclusive Development through e-Governance: Political Economy of e-Government Projects in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala in India, Rajendra Kumar (India) Presentation Policy Brief
• Factors Affecting e-Government Assimilation in Developing Countries, Bonifasius Wahyu Pudjianto (South Korea/Indonesia) & Hangjung Zo Presentation Policy Brief
• Public Attitude toward Mobile Base Station Siting: More than NIMBY, Chun‐Hsiung Liao (Taiwan) Presentation Policy Brief

ICTs for Participation

• Cybercampaigning for 2010: The Use and Effectiveness of Websites and Social Networking Sites as Campaign Platforms for the 2010 Philippine Presidential Election, Mary Grace Mirandilla (Philippines) Presentation Policy Brief
• Internet Politics and State Media Control: Candidate Blogging in Malaysia, Rachel Gong (USA/Malaysia) Presentation Policy Brief
• Research on public sphere in cyberspace: Dominance, verbal conflict and interaction processes of China’s online forum, Rong Wang (Singapore/China) Presentation Policy Brief

Action on Access

• Mobile Banking: Overview of Regulatory framework in emerging markets, Rasheda Sultana (Bangladesh) Presentation Policy Brief
• Implementation and Outcomes: Evidence from Information Kiosks in Rural India, Sangamitra Ramachander (United Kingdom/India) Presentation Policy Brief
• Using ICT research to assist policy making and regulation: the case of Namibia, Christoph Stork (South Africa/Germany) & Tony Vetter Presentation Policy Brief