Title: ICT Policies and e-Strategies in the Asia Pacific: A Critical Assessment of The Way Forward

Description: This book has three distinct areas of focus: an analytical overview of the ICT policies and e-strategies in the region, fundamentals of policy formulation and the development process, and thematic priority areas to be addressed in the conceptualization and development of policies.

Title: Information and Communication Technologies for Development: A Guidebook for Parliamentarians

Description: This Guidebook provides a broad overview of ICT and its use as a powerful tool to accelerate social and economic development. It highlights the key and fundamental ICT for Development (ICT4D) issues by emphasising the importance of ICT4D policies; development of national ICT agendas; application of ICT in specific sectors, and the role of government and members of parliament in the process of implementing ICT4D in their respective nations. It aims at sensitizing parliamentarians who are responsible for debating development priorities and making decisions on the allocation of resources with government representatives and international agencies.

Title: ICT Policy Formulation and e-Strategy Development: A Comprehensive Guidebook

Description: This publication discusses the place of ICT policy-making in development, and focuses on steps taken in developing ICT policies, including appropriate e-readiness assessment methodologies, participatory methodologies, and visioning exercises; some of the questions that need to be considered in developing an ICT strategy; the sectors that ICT policy-making needs to deal with, and the approach to ICT action planning.

Title: An Overview of ICT Policies & e-Strategies of Select Asian Economies

Description: This comparative study of ICT policies and e-Strategies of nine Asian countries selected from among those that have ICT legislations, policies, and strategies provides concrete research and analysis on the strengths and weaknesses that are evident in policies across the region. It will also identify strengths, weaknesses, similarities, and gaps in policy formulation in Asia. The overall objective of the study is to serve as a guide for planning by policy-makers in order to help them harmonize policy development processes in the region.