Frameworks for Telecommunications and ICT Policy Making

This course seeks to provide participants with an advanced working exposure to both the theoretical and practical implications of telecommunications policy-making. Presented in a global context, the course content places emphasis on the strategic issues, the practical applications, the emerging trends and the social implications of telecommunications policies in the first decade of this 21st century. Participants will critically examine the combination of issues, technologies and practices that together constitute the substance of telecommunications policy-making in varied policy environments. We examine these developments particularly from the vantage point of the Global South, with Caribbean case studies forming the centrepiece of the analytical frame of reference. However, the course will also consider case studies from more mature economies as a basis for comparative North/South policy analysis.