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Information Technology offers
some unique opportunities for regional cooperation in Asia for
mutual benefit. Unlike earlier core technologies, in case of IT,
Asia holds the commanding heights. With East Asian countries like
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and China known for their
manufacturing capabilities in the wide range of ICT goods, and
India has emerged as IT software and service superpower. RIS is
exploring into the potential and prospects of regional cooperation
in this key technology for Asian development. A paper that has
been already completed examines India-ASEAN cooperation in IT
during the recent past and highlights the prospects for the
future. It has been argued that India-ASEAN cooperation could be
instrumental in addressing the ASEAN divide - the development gap
between old and new ASEAN countries. This paper was presented at
the ASEAN-India Forum held in Singapore in February 2004 and has
been issued as a Discussion Paper. Another paper has explored into
the lessons that new members of ASEAN can take from Indian
experiences in building capability in IT industry. This has also
been issued as a Discussion Paper. Ongoing work covers a series of
papers on specific CLMV countries in building production
capabilities especially in the IT industry.
Research Team: Prof. K. J.
Joseph
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