Sri Lanka : Innovation, ICT and Competitiveness
Recent history around the world has revealed that ICT can play a crucial role in economic and social development of societies at all levels of development. ICT improves communication and the exchange of knowledge and information necessary for devel...
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okr-10986-228132021-04-23T14:04:10Z Sri Lanka : Innovation, ICT and Competitiveness World Bank BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT COMPETITION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ICT INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURES KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PRODUCT INNOVATIONS PUBLIC SERVICES SEMI-PUBLIC SERVICES SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Recent history around the world has revealed that ICT can play a crucial role in economic and social development of societies at all levels of development. ICT improves communication and the exchange of knowledge and information necessary for development processes. In other words, ICT has revolutionized the way the society, businesses, and the government interacts, working procedures and processes, as well as product innovations. ‘As an accelerator, driver, multiplier, and innovator, ICT is a powerful if not indispensable tool in the massive scaling up and inter-linkages of development interventions and outcomes.’ Policy makers in Sri Lanka, like those around the world, are concerned with ensuring that the new drivers of competitiveness are a part of the development strategy. However, Sri Lanka’s first mover advantage in opening and transforming its economy has placed it in a fortuitous position of having the luxury to take a holistic and comprehensive approach to ICT development. Such a strategic approach can at once build on past strengths, apply lessons from Sri Lanka and around the world, and enable any course-corrections based on these lessons. The Government’s role in this process, therefore, is to ensure: good network infrastructure (discussed in chapter two), a good business environment (discussed in chapter three), and public and semi-public services (discussed in chapter four). 2015-11-03T16:51:01Z 2015-11-03T16:51:01Z 2015-02-15 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/24742989/sri-lanka-innovation-ict-competitiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22813 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study South Asia Sri Lanka |
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Recent history around the world has
revealed that ICT can play a crucial role in economic and
social development of societies at all levels of
development. ICT improves communication and the exchange of
knowledge and information necessary for development
processes. In other words, ICT has revolutionized the way
the society, businesses, and the government interacts,
working procedures and processes, as well as product
innovations. ‘As an accelerator, driver, multiplier, and
innovator, ICT is a powerful if not indispensable tool in
the massive scaling up and inter-linkages of development
interventions and outcomes.’ Policy makers in Sri Lanka,
like those around the world, are concerned with ensuring
that the new drivers of competitiveness are a part of the
development strategy. However, Sri Lanka’s first mover
advantage in opening and transforming its economy has placed
it in a fortuitous position of having the luxury to take a
holistic and comprehensive approach to ICT development. Such
a strategic approach can at once build on past strengths,
apply lessons from Sri Lanka and around the world, and
enable any course-corrections based on these lessons. The
Government’s role in this process, therefore, is to ensure:
good network infrastructure (discussed in chapter two), a
good business environment (discussed in chapter three), and
public and semi-public services (discussed in chapter four). |
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Sri Lanka : Innovation, ICT and Competitiveness |
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Sri Lanka : Innovation, ICT and Competitiveness |
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Sri Lanka : Innovation, ICT and Competitiveness |
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Sri Lanka : Innovation, ICT and Competitiveness |
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Sri Lanka : Innovation, ICT and Competitiveness |
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sri lanka : innovation, ict and competitiveness |
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