Knowledge Sharing Series 1: ICTD Institution Building
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Lao PDR
ICT4D resources on Lao PDR
| Quick Facts |
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|---|---|
| Total population |
6.58 million (July 2012 est.) |
| GDP per capita |
USD 2,700 (2011) |
| Literacy rate |
73% (2005) |
| Teledensity |
28% |
| Telephones per 100 inhabitants |
1.71 (2011) |
| Mobile phone subscribers per 100 inhabitants |
87.16 (2011) |
| Computers per 100 inhabitants |
1.7 |
| Internet users per 100 inhabitants |
9.0 (2011) |
| Internet hosts per 10,000 inhabitants |
0.022% |
| Internet cafes per 10,000 inhabitants |
0.71% |
| Broadband users per 100 inhabitants |
0.66 (2011) |
| No. of websites in Lao languages |
297 |
| No. of websites in English |
660 |
| National transmission backbone |
155 Mbps |
| International bandwidth |
1 Gbps |
| Percentage of population covered by mobile signal | 55% |
Source: Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009/2010
Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2007/2008
Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2005/2006
Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2003/2004
Lanexang Internet Service Provider
Lao National Internet Exchange
Planet Internet Service Provider
General Resources
Development Gateway's Country Resources
Resources on E-Co Hub
ICT for Non Formal Education
This report on the use of ICTs in non-formal education provides a perspective on how ICTs are increasingly being used in the community in general to make available information and learning to a larger target group outside of the formal school system. The paper attempts to understand the penetration of ICT in delivery of Non Formal Education (NFE).
Information and Communication Technologies for Community Empowerment through Non-Formal Education: Experiences from Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Uzbekistan
This report presents country and regional experiences from ICT for community empowerment through community learning centres (CLC) projects of UNESCO. It highlights experiences using radio, load speakers, computers, CDs, video and digital cameras. It also includes lessons learnt, as well as a synthesis of experiences from the four countries documented: Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Uzbekistan.
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