Comments on: Frameworks for an Enabling ICT4D Environment http://blurringborders.com/2009/10/30/frameworks-for-an-enabling-ict4d-environment/ Tech Policy, Development and World Affairs Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:14:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: josh goldstein http://blurringborders.com/2009/10/30/frameworks-for-an-enabling-ict4d-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-311 josh goldstein Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:48:36 +0000 http://blurringborders.com/?p=668#comment-311 As the lens of issues gets wider, the question of 'who should act to change things' become more central. who can lobby an African regulator to change spectrum policy? Who can urge a mobile provider to change pricing regimes? What is the role of public activism? where are the parallels to the experience of other activists in the developing world?<br><br>The art of it comes in allowing Afican telecom issues to be seen on their own terms, while still drawing lessons from the US experience. As the lens of issues gets wider, the question of 'who should act to change things' become more central. who can lobby an African regulator to change spectrum policy? Who can urge a mobile provider to change pricing regimes? What is the role of public activism? where are the parallels to the experience of other activists in the developing world?

The art of it comes in allowing Afican telecom issues to be seen on their own terms, while still drawing lessons from the US experience.

]]> By: josh goldstein http://blurringborders.com/2009/10/30/frameworks-for-an-enabling-ict4d-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-298 josh goldstein Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:48:36 +0000 http://blurringborders.com/?p=668#comment-298 As the lens of issues gets wider, the question of 'who should act to change things' become more central. who can lobby an African regulator to change spectrum policy? Who can urge a mobile provider to change pricing regimes? What is the role of public activism? where are the parallels to the experience of other activists in the developing world?<br><br>The art of it comes in allowing Afican telecom issues to be seen on their own terms, while still drawing lessons from the US experience. As the lens of issues gets wider, the question of 'who should act to change things' become more central. who can lobby an African regulator to change spectrum policy? Who can urge a mobile provider to change pricing regimes? What is the role of public activism? where are the parallels to the experience of other activists in the developing world?

The art of it comes in allowing Afican telecom issues to be seen on their own terms, while still drawing lessons from the US experience.

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