supports initiatives within emerging countries that advance IT usage, availability, and competitiveness. These initiatives assist developing country governments in fostering enhanced IT capabilities through development of: national-level IT policies, plans and strategies, e-government strategies, plans to increase in-country demand for IT services and resources, IT rural betterment initiatives, IT competitiveness enhancements, training, distance learning, telecenter or village kiosk strategy development. Specific policy/strategy activities supported by include:

Technical/feasibility assessments
Institutional development and strengthening through process automation, document management & imaging
E-government program development & implementation assistance
National/regional IT strategies
ICT Plan development
Public awareness/consensus building/NGO support
Distance learning program development
IT strategies for employing disabled persons
IT results monitoring & evaluation
Methodologies for minimizing corruption