Andras Szirko

Andras Szirko

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                                                                                                                                                                                        

Andras Szirko

characterizes the overall knowledge economy within which the information economy is playing an increasingly important role. Perhaps the most important development within the information economy is the economic explosion caused by global electronic ecommerce is the production, distribution, marketing, sale or delivery of goods and services of electronic means. This includes the integrated use of information and communication technologies as the medium through which goods and services of economic value and researched designed, produced advertised, catalogued inventories, purchased, distributed accounts settled, follow up support and management information systems implemented.

The global information economy could be characterized as disciplinarian its interpedently nature should ensures that bad decisions are punished immediately and goods decisions are rewarded with the same speed with such a global interpendent knowledge based economy it is critical that appropriate mechanisms be developed at global level to govern the global information economy-a global information economy regime. Globalization and the information economy present unique opportunities for Africa. However to capitalize on these on these opportunities tremendous challenges must be overcome. Some on the key challenges include the following, the development of information and communications infrastructure, human resource development and employment creation, the current position in the world economy and insufficient legal and regulatory frameworks and government strategy. Numerous studies have shown that benefits of an information age will not accrue to countries with an adequate national information and communications infrastructure. This must be connected to an interoperable with the emerging global information infrastructure. The African information and communications environment can be characterize by low telephone penetration rates, slow network growth antiquated systems, sub-optimal reinvestment of profits, high pricing of private facilities, poor inter city telephone links and widely varying national network infrastructures .There are various and sometimes competing approaches to develop the NICI.Given that the access to information and communication infrastructure is so abysmal in the continent ,achieving universal access to information infrastructure is seen as the sine qua non of widespread socio-economic development in an era of globalization and an information economy .

Some universal access is so critical numerous scholars; activist and development agencies have embraced the potential of multi purpose community information centers to help achieve those goals. Community information centers can serve as development vehicles in both developing and developed countries and can contribute to closing the infrastructure gab within developing countries. While still an incomplete definition MPICI’S may be defined as facilities in urban-peri-urban and rural areas which utilize shared information infrastructures to provide access to a wide variety of public and private information and communication based goods and services and which support local economy and social development objectives. These facilities have a range of ownership and business models that may stimulate the growth of the local communication market .In these facilities a focus on reliability sustainability and community ownership is critical .In addition to the potential of MPCI’S a wide variety of new an alternative infrastructure possibilities exists. Some of this form of alternative infrastructure includes the new generation of global mobile personal communications by satellites systems floating and flying platforms and multiplicity of local wireless

Global Initiatives Symposium in Taiwan 2009

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

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Bliss or Misery? Contemplating the Engagement of Cultural Forms and Economic Progress

Andras Szirko

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Global Initiatives Symposium in Taiwan 2009

                               

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Bliss or Misery? Contemplating the Engagement of Cultural Forms and Economic Progress

Andras Szirko

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Global Initiatives Symposium in Taiwan 2009