National e-Strategies for Development, Global Status and Perspectives

This report was published for the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Tunis Agenda for Information Society. It reviews the progress made in developing sustainable e-strategies on the international and national levels. As of April 2010, over 160 countries had already developed some sort of national e-strategy while 13 were on their way of developing their own. Such e-strategies include telecommunication regulation, ICT as a stimulus for economic growth, innovation and employment of ICT professionals, the establishment of transactional e-government solutions, improving the global competitiveness of national ICT industries, and retaining a diverse multi-stakeholder approach. There is still room for improvement in integrating ICT into development plans and poverty reduction plans.