Re: [GKD] WSIS II: APC Papers on Financing the Info Society and Internet Governance

[Morris Miller]

Dear Colleagues:

You might find a paper of mine of interest. It is titled, "High Tech to
the Rescue?" ... and can be found on my website:
. There is a short summary and two
papers on this theme, one of which sets out the proposed approach for an
international initiative and another that pertains to Africa that was
prepared for a SADC conference in Capetown.

Morris Miller


On July 7, 2004, "Karen Higgs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Discussion papers on the sticky issues of financing ICT initiatives in
> developing countries and internet governance feed new WSIS phase
> 
> June 24 2004 -- The second phase of the World Summit on the Information
> Society (WSIS) - the first-ever UN conference on information and
> communication - has started. Delegates are meeting in Hammamet, Tunisia
> in the first 'prepcom' of phase two, and APC is amongst them. As input
> to the debate of the issues that were most contentious during the first
> stage of WSIS - internet governance and the financing for ICT initiatives
> in developing countries - APC has commissioned discussion papers written
> by civil society experts in the areas. You can download the papers from
> the APC site. - APCNews
 
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Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] What's on the Horizon?

[Morris Miller]

Perhaps we should ask: what could be on the horizon? After all, this is
a question more likely to lead to proposals for action that are feasible
in terms of their possible payoff in the medium term if appropriate action
would be taken now. In that connection I would suggest an examination of
the proposal I put forward in a paper titled "High-tech to the
Rescue?" that I prepared for the WB's Global Knowledge Conference
and is available on my website: .

It seems to me that it addresses issues that are relevant to almost all
of the 5 questions that the moderator has put forward as a basis for
discussion. As for the timing factor, the proposed feasibility study
could be undertaken at relatively low cost within the next few years and
the full-scale denouement would stretch into the more distant future.


Morris Miller 
(formerly a WB Senior Economist (with EDI, Policy Planning and
operational divisions) and Executive Director)




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