Upcoming Articles in Economic Reform Today
Emerging markets face a critical test over the next few years: How to adjust to and benefit from what is being lauded as the world's third major technological revolution - the Information Age? The next issue of ERT looks at policy and infrastructure needs that emerging markets must grapple with in order to truly benefit from new technologies. The articles that will be available online in October include:

• IBM's P. Bai Akridge, Program Director of International Telecommunications Policy, shares his knowledge of the global information infrastructure and discusses the type of public policies that will realize these benefits;
  
• Intel explores what policymakers can do to improve their existing infrastructure in telecommunications;
  
• World Bank's Carlos Braga, Program Manager of infoDev, explores how developing countries can take advantage of the breakthroughs in telecommunications technology to boost their economic growth;
  
• Bulgaria's Dr. Ognian Shentov of the Center for the Study of Democracy explains how his think tank is using the Internet to promote discourse and democracy in Bulgaria;
  
• CIPE offers a snapshot of how cutting edge organizations around the world use information technology to promote economic reform and consolidate democracy.