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Reduction of child mortality;
Improvement of maternal health;
To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases;
Ensuring environmental sustainability; and
Development of global partnership for the attainment of a more peaceful, just and
Prosperous world.
At the sub-regional level Zambia has been an active player in ICT initiatives under
COMESA and SADC. This policy therefore is influenced by the policy frameworks and
principles recommended by the two bodies among them the following:I)
Increasing market size through inte4gration and cross border trade with ICTs
playing an
integral part of the social and economic development of member
states;
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Competition among market players in the ICT sector in member states;
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Conveying of regulatory authorities in telecommunications and broadcasting;
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Implementing independent and technology -neutral legal and regulatory
frameworks;
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Independence of market players especially the regulatory functions;
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Private sector participation in the development of ICT products and services.
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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF ICTs IN NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
The Zambian economy has experienced decline since the 1980s due to several factors
among them the low productivity in the mining, manufacturing and agricultural sectors.
The net effect has been increased poverty levels now estimated at over 70 percent of
the population living with less than US$1 per day.
To address the economic quagmire Government liberalized the economy in 1991. This
new economic path can be, in part made possible by advances in information and
communications technology, which can reduce the cost of and increase the speed of
communicating in the country hence abolishing barriers of time and space.
ICT has also made possible the integration of national systems of production and finance.
Further ICTs are driving significant changes in both micro and national levels by;
increasing effectiveness and reach of development interventions, by enhancing good
governance and lowering the cost of the delivery of basic social services. In the sphere
of education for example, ICTs have the potential to improve quality of education and
training through e-learning and online learning.
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