Written in connection with the SSRC Information Technology and International Cooperation Program, the book centrally engages the widespread claim that technology by itself—independent of policy and regulatory reform—can improve access to ICTs. In doing so, it shows that while complex workarounds are possible, they are significantly less effective than the appropriate policy and regulatory reforms.

Editors:

Rohan Samarajiva is Executive Director of LIRNEasia and former Director General of Telecommunications in Sri Lanka. He is also former Team Leader at the Ministry for Economic Reform, Science and Technology, responsible for infrastructure reforms in Sri Lanka.

Ayesha Zainudeen is a researcher at LIRNEasia. She has a Bachelors degree in economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Contributors:

Harsha de Silva, Divakar Goswami, Mariam Hameed, Mahinda B. Herath, Tahani Iqbal, Malathy Knight-John, Payal Malik, Visoot Phongsathorn, Onno W. Purbo, Siddhartha Raja, Rohan Samarajiva, Harsha Vardhana Singh, Rajendra Singh, Ayesha Zainudeen