The CPRsouth3 Conference report can be found ... Read More

Bringing Evidence to the Policy Process: A Conversation The following is based on a session held at CPRsouth3. This session is an open discussion between two ICT policy enthusiasts who have distinct experiences and involvement in the policy process—one being a seasoned academic from a developed country who saw how telecommunications and ICT evolved from the 1980s and is directly involved in policymaking and formal discussions in the international arena, and the other an early career researcher from a developing country who, working from ... Read More

The CPRsouth3 conference and tutorial evaluations have been tabulated and can be viewed ... Read More

Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara a researcher at LIRNEasia won the Best Paper competition and Cheryll Soriano a PhD candidate at the National University of Singapore (NUS) was placed Runner Up at the CPRsouth3 Conference in Beijing, China. Dimuthu’s paper focused on the Reduction of Transaction costs in Agriculture while Cheryll paper looked at the use of web portals by NGOs in the Philippines. Prof. Myeong Cheol Park of Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Prof. Millie Rivera of National University of Singapore ... Read More

Monday 8 December 2008 Ashok Jhunjhunwala:  Technology primer for policy intellectuals William H. Melody:  Foundational characteristics of information economies Yuli Liu:   Designing research acceptable to policymakers and regulators Sujata Gamage:  Writing a policy brief Tuesday, 9 December  2008 Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara and Grace Roldan, Introduction to quantitative and qualitative demand-side research Heather Hudson:  Competition and convergence issues: satellite vs. fiber; cellular vs. copper Rohan Samarajiva & Helani ... Read More

Friday 5 December  2008 Telecom Operator Strategies Strategy for Telecom Operators to get maximum benefit from fiber deployment and NGNs – Kashif Azim Janjua (Pakistan) – Presentation Policy Brief Procurement Management Optimization based on Life-cycle-cost Analysis for Telecom Companies – Xiaoli Zhu (China) & Xiuqing Huang (China) – Presentation Policy Brief Brazil Telecom -  The briefing of a case on telecom regulation in emerging markets – Jose Rogerio Vargens (Brazil) – Presentation Policy ... Read More

CPRsouth3 Conference will be held at the High Tech Mansion of Beijing Unversity of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) from 5-7 December, 2008 CPRsouth3 tutorials will be held at the same location on 8-9 December, 2008. The Conference and Tutorial programme can be downloaded from ... Read More

The Paper presenters for the CPRsouth3 Conference to be held from 5-7 December, 2008 in Beijing has now been finalised. In total about 80 participants from 25 Countries will be present at the conference. The tutorials for the young scholars will be from 8-9 December, 2008. The conference agenda will be posted on the website ... Read More

The abstract review process and the selection of young scholars for CPRsouth3 has concluded and applicants have been notified. Applicants whose abstracts were selected to moving into the next stage of the conference paper selection process have to send in their complete papers by August 31, 2008. The selected Young Scholars are required to submit a one page research proposal/abstract by November 3, 2008. The applications of wait-listed young scholars will be considered in the event of a vacancy within the next two ... Read More

The deadline for the CPRsouth3 Call for Abstracts has passed and reviews are in progress. Successful applicants will be notified as soon as possible. The deadline for Young Scholar Applications, however, has been extended to Friday, June 6, ... Read More