Publication: Sri Lanka: Innovation, ICT and Competitiveness
Date
2015-02-15
ISSN
Published
2015-02-15
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Recent history around the world has
revealed that ICT can play a crucial role in economic and
social development of societies at all levels of
development. ICT improves communication and the exchange of
knowledge and information necessary for development
processes. In other words, ICT has revolutionized the way
the society, businesses, and the government interacts,
working procedures and processes, as well as product
innovations. ‘As an accelerator, driver, multiplier, and
innovator, ICT is a powerful if not indispensable tool in
the massive scaling up and inter-linkages of development
interventions and outcomes.’ Policy makers in Sri Lanka,
like those around the world, are concerned with ensuring
that the new drivers of competitiveness are a part of the
development strategy. However, Sri Lanka’s first mover
advantage in opening and transforming its economy has placed
it in a fortuitous position of having the luxury to take a
holistic and comprehensive approach to ICT development. Such
a strategic approach can at once build on past strengths,
apply lessons from Sri Lanka and around the world, and
enable any course-corrections based on these lessons. The
Government’s role in this process, therefore, is to ensure:
good network infrastructure (discussed in chapter two), a
good business environment (discussed in chapter three), and
public and semi-public services (discussed in chapter four).
Citation
“World Bank. 2015. Sri Lanka : Innovation, ICT and Competitiveness. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22813?show=full License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”