Communication Policy Research : South

CPRafrica 2012/CPRsouth7                        

CONNECTING AFRICA & ASIA: ICT policy research and practice for the Global South                       

 5 – 7 September 2012 (preceded by Young Scholars seminar 3-4 September 2012)                          

Balaclava, Mauritius           

 

Day 1

Session 1

 09h15 – 10h15  

Panel discussion – Regional perspectives from the Global South

Moderator: Khaled Fourati (IDRC)

Rohan Samarajiva (LIRNEasia), Roxanna Barrantes, (DIRSI), Alison Gillwald (RIA), Jean Paul Simon (EuroCPR)

 

Session 2

10h45 – 12h30   

Growth, Poverty, & Sustainability

Chair: Jean Paul Simon (EuroCPR)

Discussant: Roxana Barrantes (DIRSI)

 

• ICT Access & Usage among informal businesses: A Case of 9 African Countries - Mariama Deen-Swarray, Mpho Moyo & Christoph Stork

 

• Variations in the relationship between ICTs and poverty: a comparison of policies in three African countries - Kathleen Diga, Fortune Nwaiwu, & Paul Plantiga

 

• Role of ICT in Economic Growth and Regional Inequality in India  - Dukhabandhu Sahoo | Policy Brief |Presentation

 

• Co-integration and Causality between Telecommunication, Labor force and Economic Growth in Thailand: Evidence from two co-integration test and Toda-Yamamoto Granger Non Causality test - Janesh Sami | Policy Brief | Presentation

 

• Usage de L’internet et fracture numerique au Benin: une analyse à partir du genre. - Inès Djohodo Monwanou

 

Session 3

14h00 – 15h45   

Evidence of evidence

Chair: Taruna Ramessur(University of Mauritius)

Discussant: Tim Kelly (The World Bank)

 

• Estimating Internet Users: An evidence-based alternative in the absence of survey data - Roshanthi Lucas Gunaratne, & Rohan Samarajiva | Policy briefs |Presentation

 

• The impact of mobile termination rates on retail prices in three African countries - Alison Gillwald & Christoph Stork

 

• The application of Rohman-Stork price index to unlock the complexities of cellular price in Indonesia - Ibrahim Kholilul Rohman & Christoph Stork  | Policy briefs |Presentation

 

• The development of the Information and Communication Technology satellite account from National Account for South Africa - Kevin Geddes

 

• Appropriation of Mobile Cellular Phones by Working Women: Case of Malawi - Flora Mpazanje & Wallace Chigona

 

Session4

16h15 – 17h30

Infrastructure challenges 

Chair:Zhong Liu (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)

Discussant: Kammy Naidoo (FinMark Trust/ RIA Associate)

 

• Regulation of infrastructure sharing in Sub-Saharan Africa - Aude Schoentgen

 

• SA Web of Stakeholders and Strategies in the Digital TV Transition:The Switchover to Digital Broadcasting in Korea - Dong-Hee Shin  | Policy briefs | Presentation

 

• Does a national broadband plan matter? A comparative analysis of broadband plans in Hong Kong and Singapore - Don Rodney Ong Junio  | Policy brief |Presentation

 

• Internet going mobile: Internet access and usage in eleven African countries - Enrico Calandro, Christoph Stork & Alison Gillwald

 

Day 2                    

 Session 5

08h30 – 09h30   

Panel discussion – The challenges of content regulation in the digital era

Moderator: Nadia Bulbulia (RIA Board Member)

Pirongrong Ramasoota (Chulalongkorn University), Leo Van Audenhove (EuroCPR/ IBBT-SMIT Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Supriya Singh (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University)

 

Session 6

09h30 – 10h45   

e-systems & management

Chair: Chunhui Yuan (School of Economics & Management, Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications)

Discussant: Colin Blackman (info/Emerald)

 

• Useful and Easy-to-Use Interactive Voice for Emergency Data Exchange -Nuwan Waidyanatha, Manoj Silva, Brenda Burrell, & Tichafara Sigauke  | Policy briefs | Presentation

 

• Case study of e-waste management in Kenya: Towards an e-waste management framework - Jecton Tocho & Tim Waema

 

• Assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of electronic payment systems in financial institutions. The case of commercial banking sector in Tanzania - Joan Valentine

Session 7

11h15 – 12h30   

Public e-services

Chair: Godfred Frempong (CSIR-Science and Technology Policy Institute/ RIA network member)

Discussant: Supriya Singh (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University)

•  Design of e-governance projects for accountability: The Indian context - Bhavya P. Shroff  | Policy briefs| Presentation

 

• Investigating the potential of mobile phones for e-governance in Indonesia - Sri Ranjini Mei Hua & Ezmieralda Melissa  | Policy briefs|Presentation

 

• Whether the way state delivers services is redefined concomitantly with changes in the society that are mediated by ICT? : A case of supply chain management of Public Distribution System operations in the Chhattisgarh state of India. - T.R. Sreenivas  | Policy briefs | Presentation

 

Lunch                   

12h30 – 14h00                   

Session 8

14h00 – 15h15   

ICT in agriculture / BoP 

Chair: Tim Waema (University of Nairobi/ RIA network member)

Discussant: Sangamitra Ramachander (University of Oxford)

 

• Bringing agricultural value-added services (VAS) to Mongolian herders through mobile phones –  Batbold Zagdragchaa  | Policy brief |Presentation

 

• AMIS, farmers’ institutions and marketing of horticultural crops in Kerala, India – Vyakaranam Kameswari & Anoop R.L.  | Policy brief |Presentation

 

• Making a case for infomediaries in upland farming communities in the Philippines – Jaime A Manalo IV  | Policy brief |Presentation

 

Tea break                           

15h15 – 15h45                   

 

Session 9

15h45 – 17h00   

Expert Policy/Regulatory Panel

Moderator: Laurent Elder (IDRC)

Discussants: Wangay Dorji (Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority), Payal Malik (Competition Commission of India – on Deputation from University of Delhi), Koesmarihati Sugondo (Directorate General of Posts and Telecommunications, Indonesia), Dan Faugoo National Computer Board (Mauritius)

Day 3                    

 

 

Session 10

8h30 – 10h00     

Democracy, Governance & Regulation

Chair: Wallace Chigona  (University of Cape Town)

Discussant: Leo Van Audenhove (EuroCPR/ IBBT-SMIT Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

 

• Centrist Television in a Democratic South Africa: Policymakers Fail to Answer the Regional/Local Question - Chris Armstrong

 

• Do the institutional arrangements of the Kenyan and Ugandan parliaments facilitate the ICT sector reforms processes? - Cecilia Matanga

 

• Analysis of ICT4D Strategies for Developing Nations in Socio-economic and Political Crises: Zimbabwe Case - Edina Susan Farai Nyemba & Wallace Chigona

 

• An analysis of the telecommunications regulatory framework in Tanzania, strengths and weaknesses: the case of competition - Mugisha P. Bisanda

 

 

Tea break                           

10h00 – 10h30                   

 

Session 11

 

10h30 – 11h45   

Information rights, privacy and security

Chair: Ravina Aggarwal (Ford Foundation)

Discussant: Pirongrong Ramasoota (Chulalongkorn University)

 

• Changes in media reporting after RTI Laws in Queensland - Rhonda Breit, Richard Fitzgerald, Shuang Liu & Regan Neal  | Policy brief |Presentation

 

• Privacy invasion and exposure in Social Media: Learning with Facebook - Patient Rambe

 

• Towards a qualitative approach to evaluating access to information legislation - Rhonda Breit, Paul Henman & Rick Snell  | Policy briefs | Presentation

 

 

Session 12

11h45 – 12h45   

Closing panel – Whither ICT policy research in global South?

Moderator: Ashok Jhunjhunwala (Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India)

Discussants: Roxana Barrantes (DIRSI); Rohan Samarajiva (LIRNEasia); Alison Gillwald (RIA); Suraj Ramgolam (Ministry of ICT, Government of Mauritius)

 

Lunch    12h45