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n Emphasizing one time project funding rather than recurring discounts。n Promoting innovation and creativity in projects, including technologies that provider greater efficiency and lower recurring costs。n Encouraging petition among universal service providers by auctioning off subsidy access。 andn Blending government stewardship and vision with incentives for private stakeholders to pursue infrastructure investments. Best Practices in ICT Development—Government Rolesn Successful ICT development requires a government role as incubator, steward, partial underwriter and anchor tenant without being central manager。 the USG pursued this route for Inter development.n Government develops a vision and executes a multifaceted strategy to achieve articulated goals.n Government partially funds specific projects, but emphasizes private enterprise and facilitiesbased petition.n Funding reaches a variety of different grant seekers and supports digital literacy and not just the equipment installation.n Creates incentives for investment and disincentives for litigation and other delay tactics.n Initial government services offered via ICT include healthcare, education, access to information and licensing.n Government revises and reforms safeguards to promote trust, security, privacy and consumer protection in ICT services, especially emerce.Best Practices in ICT Development—NonGovernment Rolesn Entrepreneurial and development hot beds such as Silicon Valley show that the . ventures can successfully incubate ICT.n Academia and mercial ventures can collaborate and exploit favorable and transparent rules of the game, ., a meritocracy that rewards talent and ability coupled with laws and regulations that support access to capital, research and development, risk taking and even failure.n A critical mass occurs when a talented work force and entrepreneurial risk takers gravitate to the same region that openly weles innovation.n ICT development requires a specialized business infrastructure serviced by consultants, lawyers, venture capitalists and executive recruiters.n Despite traffic congestion, high costs and a relentless pace hot beds provide a high quality of life.The Disconnects in Promoting Universal Service and ICTn Instead of promoting pure and applied research and development in solving access issues, universal service funding flows to only a small set of stakeholders who received “tied aid,” ., funds tied to purchasing a narrow set of existing services primarily from incumbents.n Instead of promoting ease of access to venture capital, ., through tax credits, the USF es from pulsory subsidies that sure look and feel like a tax.n Instead of promo