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Out Now: APDIP e-Note 4 - Why Should Countries Embed ICTs into SME
Policy

http://www.apdip.net/news/apdipenote4
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Despite obvious and concrete benefits that information and communication
technologies (ICTs) can bring to small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs),
SMEs in most developing countries have been slow to adopt it. At the
same time, most governments have not embedded ICTs into SME policy. This
APDIP e-Note illustrates the benefits that ICTs can have for SMEs;
discusses why countries should be proactive in embedding ICTs into SME
policy; and gives examples of how Asian governments have encouraged and
enabled SMEs to use ICTs.

APDIP e-Notes are brief snapshots that present analyses of specific
issues related to ICTs for sustainable human development in the
Asia-Pacific region. This online series introduces readers to the who,
what, where, why and how of a wide range of current issues related to
ICTs such as Internet governance, ICTs and poverty alleviation,
e-governance, free and open source software, and many others.

APDIP e-Notes are produced by the UNDP Asia-Pacific Development
Information Programme based at the Regional Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.


Download APDIP e-Note 4 at http://www.apdip.net/apdipenote/4.pdf

All APDIP e-Notes are available at http://www.apdip.net/apdipenote/

All APDIP Publications are available at http://www.apdip.net/publications/



Christine Apikul
UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme
(UNDP-APDIP)



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