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Legislation, policies, plans, strategies, regulation
Rohan Samarajiva
Yangon, 26 July 2014
This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre, Canada and the Department for International Development UK..
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Objective
• Clarify different government functions and demarcation of responsibilities in ICT infrastructure and services/applications
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ICT infrastructure (telecom)
• Clarity re different functions and demarcation of responsibilities is important because – Multiple private players are active – Market and technology conditions change rapidly
and– Large investments are at stake
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ICT services and applications
• Clarity re different functions and demarcation of responsibilities is important because – Even more private players are active, and – Market and technology conditions change rapidly
• Optimal sequence of actions may be different
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DEFINITIONS
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The framework
• Is the supreme law, the Constitution
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Myanmar Constitution 2008
• The three branches of sovereign power namely, legislative power, executive power and judicial power are separated, to the extent possible, and exert reciprocal control, check and balance among themselves. Art. 11(a)– Does not follow Westminster Model where separation of
legislative and executive functions is somewhat fuzzy– Except that President is not directly elected, but is elected
by an electoral college made up of legislators– Legislators can become Ministers, but they cease to be
legislators when they do. Art. 232(i)
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Law is . . .
• Made and amended by Parliament• Subordinate to the Constitution, the
Telecommunications Law (2013 Union Parliament Law No. 31) sets out the broad principles and powers– Not expected to be changed frequently, though
ICT sector laws become obsolete quickly– Rules made under a Law spell out details and
allow greater flexibility
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Policy, plan and strategy are . . .
• Adopted by the Executive; subordinate to Law• Policy sets out what must be done and
justifies why it must be done• Plans, which are more concrete and short-
term, provide the strategy by which the policy is to be implemented – Plans define how the necessary actions will be
taken by whom and when so that the policy objectives may be realized
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Regulation is . . .
• “Sustained and focused control by a public agency over activities in a sector”– Restraining– Enabling
• More on why regulatory agencies should be independent later
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ICT INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
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Why policy?
• Some countries manage without formal policy– Sri Lanka’s telecom policy is from 1994– Bangladesh is from 1998
• Both are almost completely obsolete
– India adopted a formal National Telecom Policy in 2012, after 13 years
• But, a formal policy, adopted after due consultation, serves as a guide to private investors and stakeholders and reduces uncertainty, especially in infrastructure encourages investment
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Pakistan
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Foreign Direct Investment in Pakistan by sector, 2002-07
Source: State Bank of Pakistan (2008; http://www.sbp.org.pk/ecodata/NIFP_Arch/index.asp)
Mobile cellularpolicy
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ICT SERVICES & APPLICATION SECTOR: AN EXAMPLE
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E Sri Lanka program
• 2001 economic and political crisis new reform government; President & Prime Minister from opposing parties
• Prime Minister keen to emulate Hyderabad and create white-collar jobs in IT enabled services
• Young, dynamic Minister with strong international credentials given charge of Information Technology, not Telecom
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Starting with a program
• World Bank aid sought to formulate an integrated ICT development program for Sri Lanka, mid 2002– Cross-sectoral effort; first time for World Bank– Local team actively participated in design– Infrastructure reforms to end contested exclusivity
for international telecom services were being implemented in parallel
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Program architecture
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Diagnosing road blocks
• Existing organization, CINTEC, was unable to perform apex function– New agency?– What to do with old one?
• Coordinating with multiple government agencies to advance e government was seen as the greatest challenge– Authority higher than individual Ministers?
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Different sequence
• Program design, inclusive of policy, plan and strategy
• Informal linkage to related telecom policy• Law followed