Connecting Asia and the Pacific Bit by Bit - ADB's Take

A driver of economic growth and competitiveness, telecommunications help improve the way people connect across the Asia and Pacific region and with the rest of the world. Read More

High-Speed Broadband Goes Live in Tonga

The 827km fiber optic cable system linking Tonga to Fiji via the Southern Cross Cable - the main trans-Pacific link between Australia and the United States - will provide Tonga’s population of 100,000 with affordable, accessible information and communication technology services. Read More

Seamless Business Registration Process Fosters Entrepreneurship in Armenia

The online business registration system in the Armenian capital of Yerevan makes it easier for entrepreneurs to start a business. Watch Video

Eye in the Sky: Earth Observation in Aid of Development

Space technology is providing vital information that helps address development challenges in Asia and the Pacific. Read More

ADB's Work to Improve Access to Information and Communication

Rapid advances in information and communications technology (ICT) have created tremendous opportunities for economic and social gains in the world’s poorest areas. A key infrastructure of knowledge-based economies, ICT is a driving force for rapidly growing new sectors including electronics and software development, business process outsourcing and various internet services.

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Key Statistics

444
ADB ICT-related initiatives have been implemented from 2000-2012

$14.45 billion
has been allocated for ADB projects with ICT components from 2000-2012

ICT in Key Sectors

Telecommunications and ICT
Public Sector Management
Education
Health and Social Protection
Agriculture

Publications

Sep 2013
The Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing Industry: Diversity and Challenges in Asia

Sep 2013
Leveraging Service Sector Growth in the Philippines

Oct 2012
Maldives: Information Technology Development Project (South Asia Project Brief)

Aug 2012
ICT in Education in Central and West Asia: Executive Summary


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Projects

ADB ICT-related Projects by Sector (in percent)

19%
Public Sector Management
 
19%
Transport and ICT
 
16%
Education
 
11%
Multisector
 
9%
Finance
 
9%
Agriculture
 
7%
Industry and Trade
 
4%
Water and Others
 
4%
Health and Social Protection
 
3%
Energy
 

Projects by country
Projects by sector

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