Comments on: Snapshot: 2014 update of ICT network readiness in the Caribbean https://ict-pulse.com/2014/04/snapshot-2014-update-ict-network-readiness-caribbean/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=snapshot-2014-update-ict-network-readiness-caribbean&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=snapshot-2014-update-ict-network-readiness-caribbean Discussing ICT, telecommunications and technology Issues from a Caribbean perspective Fri, 09 May 2014 00:15:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Michele Marius https://ict-pulse.com/2014/04/snapshot-2014-update-ict-network-readiness-caribbean/#comment-170982 Fri, 09 May 2014 00:15:16 +0000 http://www.ict-pulse.com/?p=55252#comment-170982 In reply to John Thompson.

Hey John,

I fully agree with the causes you have suggested for slow development of ICT across the region…

On a separate note, if you check earlier posts on this topic, you will see that I have been suggesting that the rate of improvement of countries in the region might not be as fast other countries. I felt that i was beginning to sound like a broken record… 🙂

]]> By: John Thompson https://ict-pulse.com/2014/04/snapshot-2014-update-ict-network-readiness-caribbean/#comment-170972 Tue, 06 May 2014 19:26:42 +0000 http://www.ict-pulse.com/?p=55252#comment-170972 You did not mention the effect maybe that we may not have fallen back in some years as much as that other countries are merely moving ahead of us so fast, that we are really standing still and giving the appearance that we are falling back.
The root causes of this stagnation are divers e.g.1) uncommitted political leadership and governance structures 2) need for use of more ICT professionals in the region rather than incumbent public servants without the prerequisite ICT competencies to drive national projects, policy formation and develop relevant and related standards 3) incomplete regulatory frameworks causing market control and direction to languish in almost every economy 4) lack of “broad based” National ICT plans, the WEF (GITR) found only one in the whole Caribbean in their survey on Caribbean ICT plans done in 2010 ( see 2013 report chapter on National ICT Plans 5) ICT development cannot be left to private investment only, Governments need to step up with significant contributions, maybe through their counter cyclical investment strategies especially in this post 2008 financial collapse period
6) too much reinvention of the wheel when coming to implementing effective legislation for information society and convergence regulatory framework formation. HIPCAR not made efficient use of. The list goes on.

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