ICT for Millennium Development Goal

摘要：

ICT has become the great enabler of modern society, helping people communicate across distances and across cultural divides, facilitating trade, and providing access to critical resources, such as healthcare and education. Over the past five years, there is an average of 30% increase of the ICT levels worldwide. Mobile access has marked the greatest increase, particularly in developing countries. Fixed, mobile broadband and Internet connections in the Asia Pacific Region represent half of the worlds statistics. ICT will have in integral role to play in fuelling economic recovery. ICT is a driving force for economic growth at a global level. Investment in ICt infrastructure brings direct benefits in increased employment today, as well as benefits in increased social and economic prosperity tomorrow.

作者: Houlin Zhao

作者单位: Internotionol Telecommunication Union

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2009 World Congress on ICT for Development(2009世界信息通信与发展大会)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 10-15

在线出版日期: 2009-09-10（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）