Since its inception, IGCC and its partners have been committed
to conflict resolution through international cooperation. By supporting research
from a multi-disciplinary platform, IGCC has been on the frontline of innovative
approaches to international problem solving. For example, as emerging Internet technologies and telecommunications
revolutionized global information management. IGCC
launched research programs designed to examine how such technologies
impact global and regional governance and cooperation systems.
Past projects
Governing the Global Internet: International Workshops on Communication
Regulation
Many developing countries are introducing general competition as the new
way of organizing their national communications industries. This transformation
has produced numerous benefits, including faster network build-out and better
service. It is commonly argued, however, that it takes sound competition
and regulatory policies to deliver strong benefits to society. As the UN
Development Program has pointed out, getting these policies right is important
for development policy. To aid these efforts, IGCC's E-conomy Project and
the Annenberg Center for Communications at the University of Southern California
in 2000 established
a Workshop on Communications Regulation. The communications regulators of three developing countries
are invited to
present in depth one of their hardest policy challenges. A team of scholars
and other industry experts then provides advice as to the "best practices" for
solving the problem. Mixing senior regulators and leading analysts from several
countries assures a blend of realism and imagination while drawing on diverse
national experiences. Past workshops have considered problems involving restructuring
the pricing of telephone services, the funding of subsidies for poor households,
and
the promotion of telephone network construction in rural areas.
IGCC Director Peter Cowhey assessed the current and future challenges for
U.S. policy and the international community during a policy seminar held in
Washington, D.C., on September 29, 1999. Entitled "Governing the Global
Internet: International Economic Cooperation in the New Economy," the
seminar focused on future challenges for U.S. and international policymakers
concerning regulation of the global information economy.
The University of California E-conomy Project™ was a collaborative
undertaking of the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE),
the College of Engineering, the Haas School of Business and the School of
Information Management and Systems (SIMS), at the University of California,
Berkeley, and the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC).
Participating faculty represent a broad interdisciplinary range of UC Berkeley
departments as well as faculty from UC campuses at Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles,
and Santa Barbara.
Spearheaded by Professors Miles Kahler and David Lake, this interdisciplinary
UC study group examined trends in governance and their links to globalization.
With the support
of IGCC, the School of International Relations and
Pacific Studies, and UC San Diego's political science department, an organizational
meeting was held in April 1999 and final conference was held in late 2000, with the project completed
by summer 2001. The findings of this research were presented in a policy
seminar at UCDC.
This independent project was a collaborative effort among participating
APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) study centers to track and assess
the design and execution of select APEC initiatives. APIAN's goal is to
enhance knowledge among government officials and the general public with
regard to APEC activities as a way to identify ways to improve its performance.
Selected Publications on Innovations in International Cooperation
Number: PolicyPack 62
Title: Wired for Peace, 1997–2001
Author: IGCC
Published by: IGCC
Related Web Site: http://www.wiredforpeace.org
Number of Slides: 10
Year of Publication: 2001
Number: PolicyPack 61
Title: The Great Silk Road Survey
Author: Jennifer R. Pournelle
Published by: IGCC
Related Policy Paper: None
Number of Slides: 26
Year of Publication: 2002
Number: PolicyPack 59
Title: The New E-conomy
Author: John Zysman, Peter Cowhey
Published by: IGCC
Related Policy Paper: None
Number of Slides: 13
Year of Publication: 2002
Number: PolicyPack 58
Title: Building the APEC International Assessment Network (APIAN)
Author: Richard Feinberg
Published by: IGCC
Related Policy Paper: None
Number of Slides: 11
Year of Publication: 2002
Title: The Economic Payoff from the Internet Revolution
Author(s): The Brookings Task Force on the Internet
ISBN: 0-8157-0065-2
Published by: Brookings
Year of Publication: 2001
Title: Tracking a Transformation: E-Commerce and the Terms of Competition
in Industries
Author(s): Stephen S. Cohen, John Zysman, Peter Cowhey, eds.
ISBN: 0-8157-0067-9
Published by: The Brookings Institute
Year of Publication: 2001
Title: When Countries Talk: Global Telecommunications for the 1990s
Author(s): Peter F. Cowhey, J. Aronson, eds.
Published by: Ballinger
Year of Publication: 1988
Title: Changing Networks: Mexico's Telecommunications Options
Author(s): Peter F. Cowhey, J. Aronson G. Szekely, eds.
Published by: Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies, University of California,
San Diego
Year of Publication: 1989
Title: Industry Structure, Firm Behavior, and Technological Learning:
How the Crisis Reshapes Upgrading Options for East Asia's Electronics
Industry
Author(s): Dieter Ernst
Published by: Edward Elgar Press
Year of Publication: 2000
Title: Information Technology in the Learning Economy: Challenges for
Developing Countries
Author(s): Dieter Ernst, Bengt-Ake Lundvall
Published by: Edward Elgar Press
Year of Publication: 2000
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