Information and communications technologies ("ICT") can effectively "prime the pump" of a nation's economy. Efficient information age infrastructures enhance productivity and provide a comparative advantage in "knowledge-based" industries that include such diverse fields as data processing, banking, insurance, management and technical consulting, travel planning, customer relations management, business logistics, etc. With an increasingly global economy enhanced by reduced trade barriers and the quest by companies to find new growth opportunities, substantial incentives exist for public and private players to leverage information and communication technologies domestically and abroad.
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