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ICT Presentation Final
- 1. BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY INTHE PACIFIC Hans van Rijn AIDF Asia Summit 21 June 2016 Bangkok
- 2. Internet costs remainunaffordable in many countries Tonga, 10 Tuvalu, 10 Micronesia, 12 Samoa, 13 Marshall Islands, 14 Timor-Leste, 15 Vanuatu, 24 Papua New Guinea, 31 Fiji, 5 0 20 40 60 80 100 Kuwait Switzerland Norway RussianFederation Sweden Qatar Canada Uruguay Latvia Germany Oman Brazil Estonia SriLanka UAE Panama BosniaandH. Libya Mongolia Maldives St.KittsandNevis Barbados CapeVerde Egypt Algeria Grenada Botswana Bangladesh Paraguay Bolivia Guyana SouthSudan Kyrgyzstan Micronesia Belize Ghana Vanuatu Côted’Ivoire Kenya Mozambique Haiti SierraLeone Fixed broadband prices as % of GNI per cap as % of GNI p.c. Target Broadband Commission Target: less than 5% of monthly GNI per capita More than 100% • Kiribati • Solomon Islands Less than 0.5% • Macao, China • United Kingdom • Switzerland Source: ITU 2015
- 3. The Pacific ConnectivityMap Source: http://submarine-cable-map-2016.telegeography.com/
- 4. Building blocks toenhance ICT impact Investments in infrastructure Public- private partnerships Regulation and policy Ensure competition Promote inclusion Increase use e-Services Applications Skills Awareness
- 5. Potential and Challengesfor ICT Impact Education • E-learning and online education content • ICT is not part of education plans Health • Patient alerts, online health information, and transmission of diagnostic information • Limited applications Financial Inclusion • Mobile money and mobile remittances • 80% of people have no access to formal financial services Source: PRIF 2015
- 6. ADB Support Submarine Cable •Cook Islands • Palau • Samoa • Tonga Applications in Social Services • PNG Rural Primary Health • Samoa SchoolNet • Tonga m-Health Regulation and making internet affordable • Technical Assistance
- 7. Followus https://www.facebook.com/adbevaluation evaluation@adb.org www.adb.org/evaluation https://twitter.com/adbevaluation http://www.youtube.com/evaluationatadb http://www.scribd.com/adbevaluation/ http://www.soundcloud.com/adbevaluation/ Corporate Evaluation Study:ADB Support to Pacific Small Island Countries: http://www.adb.org/documents/adb-support-pacific-small- island-countries Evaluation Information System (EVIS): http://evis.adb.org/ Learn more
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Editor's Notes
- #7 Leap Elijah and Letom Kauip, new graduates of an ADB supported financial education course, Tsak Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.