Building on the Country’s Strengths in Information and Communication Technology

Technology is the foundation of the Philippine’s future economic development. The Philippines shall use information and communications technology (ICT) to leapfrog into the new economy.

The Philippines enjoys significant comparative advantages in ICT – an English speaking, highly educated, easily trainable, and skilled workforce with a growing track record of successful ICT work; a basic policy environment that is right for business; government commitment at the highest levels, with strong private sector support in the pursuit of a common ICT agenda; and rising entrepreneurial abilities suitable for a globalizing economy. With its rich human resources and strategic location in Asia and the Pacific, the Philippines has the potentials to fully benefit from an ICT-driven development strategy.

To build on the country’s strengths and gain greater momentum in the nation’s quest for rapid and sustainable development and growth, the Philippines shall further enhance its competitive edge in ICT by: (a) building the physical infrastructure to ensure wider, faster and reliable access at low cost to information and other ICT resources, specially in the undeserved rural areas; (b) enhancing the policy and legal environment to promote ICT development and universal access to information and other ICT resources; (c) developing the country’s human potential to enable Filipinos to compete in the digital age; and (d) promoting the use of ICT to streamline business processes and modernize government operations for greater productivity.