With its economy has largely recovered from the Asian financial crisis of the 1990s, Indonesia’s telecom markets are growing, but at a slower rate compared to most of its South East Asian neighbors. The growth is best seen in the mobile sector, with a 5 year compound annual growth rated (CAGR)...

Irrespective of quantitative or qualitative, ex-post evaluation techniques proposed in telecenter literature suffer from the drawback of non-experimental design that does not isolate the outcome of a treatment from other possible influences. Ex-ante experimental design is ideal as controlled...

LIRNEasia's research project on Virtual Organisation (VO) had two aspects; developing the VO and using it to conduct LIRNEasia's other research projects. This case study describes our efforts, outcome and lessons learnt. It is intended for any research/civil society (or even private sector or...

The recent unprecedented growth of telecom facilities has offered the Internet users in most Asian countries a flavour of broadband. Yet, despite rosy promises by telcos, the user experience has often been less than ideal. These challenges can only be overcome by right policy decisions based on...

The agriculture sector employs the largest percentage of the work force in South Asia (53.3% in 2005). However, by 2009 its percentage as a share of the GDP was about 18% making it the lowest contributor to GDP amongst Agriculture, Industry and Services (World Bank, 2011). The available...

A National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, like any other government organization, uses its website not only to deliver citizen services but also to transact with its stakeholders in many different ways. This study benchmarks such websites in the Asia-Pacific region, evaluating their...

Agriculture in developing economies often employ the largest share of the workforce yet contribute the least to GDP when compared to the Industry and Services sectors. The reasons for this low productivity are numerous: land fragmentation; lack of post-harvest infrastructure; low technology...

Now fully recovered from the Asian crisis of the late ‘90s, the Indonesian economy is perhaps at its post-crisis healthiest. The once sluggish telecom markets too have started showing an impressive growth. Indonesian telecom industry is gradually attaining maturity while more opportunities are...