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This framework should also aims at providing improved services for the citizens through a huge E-government project, which means a modernization of the governments’ operations as well as access to information and transparency. This also requires developing the education systems and promoting for the e-learning, making an initiative towards E-Businesses aims at boosting economic growth with the creation of new technology-based firms. Improving health systems, putting the ICT applications to serve the environment … etc.
Now we get back to our question which is “how much will be the bills (costs) of the developing and least-developing countries to achieve this!”; obviously and personally I’m not an expert to decide how much exactly will be this, but I’m ending this article by some words written by Dr. Richard Curtain in his paper entitled “Information and Communications Technologies and Development: Help or Hindrance?” – he said that “ - Great but as yet unrealized potential of ICT in development -Modern information and communications technologies hold great potential for helping developing countries to overcome the tyranny of distance, they able to do this by providing low cost and accessible means for many people to communicate easily. However how best to do this is still an open question. The benefits of any new technology stem from how it is applied”.
Abdallah Sobeih
Alexandria, Egypt.
October 2003
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thank you Raymond M. Kristiansen | Nov 1st, 2003
thank you for your interesting article. I especially thought about the closing words "The benefits of any new technology stem from how it is applied" - yes! The question is: How can we make the ICT Relevant to youth of for instance developing countries? We need localized content, perhaps. E-government and similar government-sponsored projects are great in this respect. The story of Egypt's growing Information Society is an inspiration for us all, and we look forward to seeing the future of this!
Abdallah Diwan | Nov 4th, 2003
I Think Also the Civil Society and NON GOVERMENTAL sector need to be working with the government hand in hand to acheive there goals , cause the goals can't be acheived by the governments without the help and raction of the civil society . thnx a lot Abdallah for your very infrming and strong article
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