Acknowledgements This Report has been prepared by Phillippa Biggs, with contributions from a team of authors from leading institutions active in the ICT sector (see below). Simon De Nicola, Maria Candusso, Nicolas Stauble and Stéphane Rollet prepared the InDesign version of this Report. The author is deeply grateful to Ms. Youlia Lozanova and Dr. Vaiva Lazauskaite of ITU, Dr. Graham Vickery of the OECD and Dr. Tim Kelly of infoDev/ World Bank for their generous time, comments and research support. The lead author is also grateful to José Maria Diaz Batanero, Janet Burgess, Piers Letcher, Dr. Susan Teltscher and Howard Williams of ITU for their review and comments. This Report would not have been possible without the time, enthusiasm and dedication of its contributing authors. ITU is sincerely indebted to all of the following authors, who have contributed their valuable time and insights (listed in alphabetical order of institution): Ulf Pehrsson, Vice President, Government and Industry Relations, Ericsson. Yves Blanc, Director of Strategy and Institutional Relations, Eutelsat. John Davies, Vice-President Sales & Marketing, General Manager, Intel World Ahead Program, Intel Corp. John Tysoe, General Manager, the Mobile World. Jonathan Coppel, Senior Economic Counsellor, Annabel Mourougane, Economist, Dr. Graham Vickery, Principal Administrator, Dr. Taylor Reynolds, Economist, and Dr. Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Economist, of the OECD. John Bosnell, Analyst, and Tim Johnson, Chief Analyst, of Point Topic. Dr. Tim Kelly, Lead ICT Policy Specialist, infoDev/World Bank and Dr. Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang, Senior Economist, World Bank. Confronting the Crisis: ICT Stimulus Plans for Economic Growth 3