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| Saturday, 18 December 2004 |
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by Sudarshana Perera The World Bank (WB) has approved a US$ 53 million loan for the e- Sri Lanka development project. The agreement was signed by the World Bank Country Manager Peter Harrold and Secretary to the Treasury, Dr. P. B. Jayasundera. World Bank's e-Sri Lanka Team leader and Senior Advisor on e-Development, Dr. Nagy Hanna said that "e-Sri Lanka aspires to the ideal of making Sri Lanka the most connected government to its people, and raising the quality of life of all its citizens with access to better public services, learning opportunities,and information." "The program aims at informing, connecting and enabling isolated communities through ICT, and empowering farmers, students and small entrepreneurs to realise a better future", Dr. Hanna said. CEO, ICTA, Manju Haththotuwa said that the agency will launch the project throughout the country and added that ICTA wants to be a role model for government Haththotuwa commended the WB assistance towards the e-Sri Lanka project. e-Sri Lanka, the world's first integrated e-development project addresses legal issues and legislation and most importantly ICT policy, leadership and institutional capacity development. Most countries taking on the "e" concept have restricted themselves to "e-Government". The ICT Agency has, however, taken on five other independent critical building blocks to using ICT as a tool for development. |
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