This report covers a range of such policy-related topics as the ready availability of affordable hardware and software, trained personnel, capable maintenance, efficient communication systems, and a benign environment, a checklist of critical issues for developing-country policymakers, and recommendations for programs and projects for support by the international donor community.

The growth of microcomputer applications in industrialized countries is predicated on an existing base that includes the ready availability of affordable hardware and software, trained personnel, capable maintenance, efficient communication systems, and a benign environment; applications are selected and facilitated by a wide range of underlying ex