Technology Impact Spreads Across Asia
Technology is playing a role in Asia's development – from reforming Indonesia's prisons to influencing rapid development unfolding in Burma/Myanmar. Leopold Sudaryono blogs from Jakarta: "Four years ago, cumbersome procedures were the norm in Indonesia's 420 prisons…even a simple count of all inmates in the prison system would take three months. [Now there's been] a radical overhaul of administrative procedures through the introduction of an electronic database system. The impact has been dramatic." And Michelle Chang Rodriguez blogs from Yangon, where she met with senior government officials, private sector individuals, and NGOs to discuss the country's ICT future, which, she says, will likely bring greater access to information for Burma's citizens. Read more.
