Open Technologies and Developing Economies

Jan 2010

Paper co-authored with Bibek Paudel and Jitendra Harlalka. Presented at CAN IT Conference 2010.

Abstract

Open Technologies have already become a global phenomena and a frequently talked about topic in technology circles today. Although considered a part of hobbyist and geek-culture initially, Free/Open source software and technologies have an important part in global economy today. Openness has been a part of everyday computing and has been making impacts in governmental, business, education and every other sectors imaginable. But what is the impact of open technologies in developing economies? In this paper we try to analyze various country cases that have embraced this wave of openness and freedom. While doing so, we focus on what economic benefits have they brought in along with social and other benefits. We also go through some of Nepal's cases in open technologies and the overall scope. We finally analyze the economic impact of open technologies in various sectors of the country, mainly government, business and education.

Keywords

open technologies, open standards, economy, developing countries

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