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Open information & communication technologies road map leads to World Bank.(STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT)
Manufacturing Business Technology, December, 2005
Adoption of open technology standards on a global basis is essential to "unleashing newfound comparative advantage, invention, social development, and market opportunities," claims a report on information & communication technologies (ICT) presented at a World Bank forum in September by members of Open ePolicy Group.
The report, Road Map for Open ICT Ecosystems, was championed by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at the Harvard Law School. Supported by IBM and Oracle, the project includes input from representatives of 13 national governments--among them, the U.S., Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Jordan, and South Africa. "The World Bank provides an ideal platform from which to launch a message to developing nations about the importance of...
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