Tag Archives: Michael Spence
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Incentives not intervention
That is the phrase I brought back from Harvard Forum II that I attended on behalf of LIRNEasia a few weeks back. In 2003 they held Harvard Forum I (which, among the LIRNE.NET group only Alison Gillwald attended). One of the results was the funding of organizations like LIRNEasia that seek to remove [...]
Randy and Michael Spence
Dr. Randy Spence spoke of his experiences in Somalia, where there isn’t much government to speak of. But people are using ICTs.
However, he emphasized that ICTs must drop in cost for the investments of the 1990s to bear fruit. “I’m involved in nanotech and biotech, and fairly rapid diffusion of this technology will [...]
LIRNEasia Launch Party
The LIRNEasia Launch Party went well – with plenty of eating, drinking and dancing (and minimal photo-taking). Here are a few:
Bill Melody, Milinda Moragoda, and Michael Spence
Lighting of the lamp in gale force winds
The view from a Mount Lavinia Hotel Room
It was an auspicious launch with the personal message from Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa [...]
Expert Forum on Regulation and Investment
Today is the official start of the LIRNEasia Expert Forum on Regulation and Investment. Rohan Samarajiva is enamoured of ‘real-time updating’, hence you will be getting a plethora of information.
Dr. William Melody delivered the commencement address, beginning with a simple question: “What are the characteristics of 21st Century Network Economies and Information Societies?” [...]
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