5 December 2009 Foundational characteristics of information economies: Bill Melody, PhD Communication for policy influence: Rohan Samarajiva, PhD Helani Galpaya & Nilusha Kapugama Analyzing and realigning incentives: Sriganesh Lokanathan How to do a policy brief: Sujata Gamage, PhD 6 December 2009 Importance of Demand-side analysis: Harsha de Silva, PhD Quantitative Research Methods and Analysis: Christoph Stork Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis: Ekta Ohri Working with supply-side data in telecom: Helani Galpaya The most ... Read More

Christoph Stork of Research ICT Africa won the best paper competiton while Nirmali Sivapragasam of LIRNEasia was placed runner up at the CPRsouth4 conference held in Negombo, Sri Lanka. Christoph’s paper reviews the latest developments and trends for interconnection rates and shows how interconnection benchmarking can be used to set termination rates using the case of Namibia. Nirmali’s paper looked at the use of the public phones by the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) in six Asian countries. The findings showed a significant ... Read More

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 ... Read More

The tentative Agenda for CPRsouth4 conference and tutorials can be found ... Read More

The deadline for submission of complete papers for CPRsouth4 has now expired. The submitted papers have been sent to the review panels. Decisions about the selections will be announced on or before 7 October ... Read More

The deadline for complete papers for CPRsouth4 is 13 September 2009. The tentative agenda for the conference and tutorials can be found ... Read More

The first stage of the CPRsouth4 Conference review process has concluded. The applicants have been notified of the selections. The Young Scholar applicants will be notified of the selections at the end of ... Read More

The Young Scholar application process for CPRsouth4 has now been closed. The applicants will be notified of the selections later this month. The notifications about the selected abstracts for CPRsouth4 will be sent out between 20-25 July 2009. We apologise for the delay in sending in the ... Read More

The submission of abstracts for CPRsouth4 has now been concluded and abstracts are going through reviews. The deadline for Young Scholar application is open till 30 June ... Read More

LIRNEasia, is organizing the fourth CPRsouth conference, in Negombo, Sri Lanka from 7-8 December 2009. The conference aims to provide a forum for senior, junior and mid-career scholars to meet face-to-face and exchange ideas, establish networking opportunities and improve the quality of their scholarly work, in order to facilitate the long-term objective of fostering the next generation of active scholars and in-situ experts capable of contributing to ICT policy and regulatory reform in the region. Please check the Call for Abstracts and Call ... Read More