Monday, 30 December 2024

Rohan Samarajiva

Chairman, LIRNEasia (International market research organisation)
Wed, 13 Nov 24

Rohan Samarajiva is founding Chair of LIRNEasia, an ICT policy and regulation think tank active across emerging Asia.

Digitalization will fail, unless...

ICT

Fri, 22 Nov 24

Digitalization will fail, unless...

If there is anything everyone supports, it’s digitalization of government. It’s seen as the panacea for all our ills: tax avoidance, corruption, inefficient agriculture, ...You name a problem, that is the answer, or at least part of the answer. We’ve been trying for over two decades but with meager returns.

Lessons from Bangladesh’s tussle with Adani Power

Power and Energy

Wed, 13 Nov 24

Lessons from Bangladesh’s tussle with Adani Power

“Did you hear that Adani is refusing to supply Bangladesh with electricity?” a friend asked me recently. I knew it was a loaded question, my friend being a nationalist. “You recall wehad no power because we couldn’t pay for shiploads of fuel and coal just a few years back?” I asked back.