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INTRODUCTION
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is taking the world by storm, it is nevertheless, an increasingly powerful tool for participating in global markets; promoting political accountability; improving the delivery of basic services; and enhancing local development opportunities. The Information and Communication Technologies Task Force monitored by UNDP, through its core activities, working groups and regional nodes, has successfully contributed to advancing the multi-stakeholder discussion on Internet governance, enabling environment and other high-profile policy issues; added to progress in measuring, monitoring and analysing the impact of information and communications technologies (ICT) on the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals; further supported and promoted collaborative initiatives at the regional, subregional and national levels and provided significant input to the formulation of a comprehensive United Nations information......

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