Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)



Human Resources Development for Information Technology
(ST/ESCAP/2138)



CONTENTS

  1. BRIEF REPORT OF THE SEMINAR
    1. Organization of the Seminar
    2. Summary of the proceedings
    3. Recommendations of the Seminar
    4. Field trip
    5. Adoption of the report
    Annex: Summary of Country and Organization Reports

  2. FORECASTING AND PLANNING OF HUMAN
    RESOURCES FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  3.      Executive summary
    1. Introduction
    2. Methodology of human resources forecasting
      and planning for information technology
    3. Results of human resources forecasting for
      policy formulation
    4. Experience of the Republic of Korea in human
      resources forecasting and planning for
      information technology
    5. Conclusion and recommendations

  4. MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
    DEVELOPMENT FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

  5.      Executive summary
    1. Introduction
    2. Current status of human resources development
      for information technology in Asia-Pacific countries
    3. Institutional support and infrastructure requirement
      for human resources development
    4. Policies and strategies for human resources
      development for information technology
    5. Role of government in human resources
      development for information technology
    6. Role of private sector in human resources
      development for information technology
    7. Regional level initiatives
    8. Conclusions and recommendations

  6. HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
    FOR E-COMMERCE

  7.      Abstract
    1. Introduction: what do we see?
    2. What is e-commerce?
    3. What are the major concerns?
    4. What are the main barriers?
    5. What are the major opportunities?
    6. What are the new businesses?
    7. What may be the future development?
    8. Conclusion: what job in which area?

  8. COUNTRY PAPERS
    1. China
    2. India
    3. Indonesia
    4. Kyrgyzstan
    5. Malaysia
    6. Mongolia
    7. Myanmar
    8. Pakistan
    9. Republic of Korea
    10. Thailand (1)
    11. Thailand (2)

  9. ORGANIZATION PAPERS
    1. United Nations Educational, Scientific and
      Cultural Organization
    2. United Nations Development Programme
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Last updated: 15 March 2002