ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/ICTD/2008/3
Publication Type: Reports & studies
Publication Subject: Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in the Arab Region
Cluster: Statistics, Information Society and Technology
Focus Area: Technology & innovation, Technology & innovation, Governance & enabling environment
Keywords: Arab countries, Arabic language, Communication technology, Information technology, Internet domain names, Serial publications, Terminology
Review of Information and Communications Technology for Development in Western Asia, Issue No. 9
January 2008
This issue presents a number of regional initiatives and projects in information and communications technology (ICT), including Internet domain names in Arabic, knowledge networks to provide local and marginalized communities with access to ICT, and the translation into Arabic of ICT terminology. Under the section on ICT policies, this issue presents an overview of those policies in ESCWA member countries. Under electronic applications, it highlights the Arab world memory project. Under ICT infrastructure, it reviews the progress achieved in the establishment of the Arab integrated fiber optic communications network. This issue also presents the ICT activities implemented by ESCWA in the first six months of 2008 and the ICT impact on daily life.
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This issue presents a number of regional initiatives and projects in information and communications technology (ICT), including Internet domain names in Arabic, knowledge networks to provide local and marginalized communities with access to ICT, and the translation into Arabic of ICT terminology. Under the section on ICT policies, this issue presents an overview of those policies in ESCWA member countries. Under electronic applications, it highlights the Arab world memory project. Under ICT infrastructure, it reviews the progress achieved in the establishment of the Arab integrated fiber optic communications network. This issue also presents the ICT activities implemented by ESCWA in the first six months of 2008 and the ICT impact on daily life.
