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The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010 |
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http://www.networkedreadiness.com/gitr/main/fullreport/index.html |
| Source Date: |
Tuesday, February 08, 2011 |
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ICT for MDGs
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Feb 08, 2011 |
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The Global Information Technology Report 2009–2010 appears at a rosier time in economic history than last year’s edition, when the world seemed to be plunging into a major recession. Encouraging signs of recovery have appeared in early 2010 in many countries across the world, spearheaded by emerging markets such as China and India, which achieved healthy GDP growth rates in 2009. Information and communication technologies (ICT) is an ever-important enabler of renewed and sustainable growth in such a context. Its unique function as a key element of infrastructure for efficient industries and a critical productivity enhancer is crucial for sustaining recovery and laying the foundations for economies that are competitive in the long term.
Besides supporting economic sustainability, ICT can play a leading role in fostering environmental and social sustainability both within its own sector and as an industry-wide enabling infrastructure. Not only is the ICT industry increasingly adopting measures and strategies to reduce the sector’s energy footprint, but it is also developing innovative solutions to diminish other sectors’ energy consumption and improve overall sustainability across industries.
As far as social sustainability is concerned, ICT enables greater access to basic services by all segments of society and improves the ways these basic services (e.g., education, finance, and healthcare) are provided to citizens. In addition, it offers to all of us revolutionary and more comprehensive communication channels and innovative ways of interacting and networking, thanks notably to Web 2.0 and mobile telephony applications.
The Report series, launched in 2001 and published annually since then, has been following ICT advances and reporting on the changing state of the world’s networked readiness for almost a decade now. It has contributed to raising the awareness of multiple actors,
including governments, businesses, and civil society, about the importance of ICT for building competitive economies and durable prosperity. Leveraging ICT has many benefits for the above three stakeholders and can significantly improve their effectiveness of operations and quality of services. By identifying a number of enabling factors underpinning networked readiness and monitoring the extent to which more than 130
economies across the globe fare with respect to these factors over time, the Report has provided a very useful tool for decision makers and other relevant stakeholders to track national progress vis-à-vis the past as well as the rest of the world. It has also showcased best practices in networked readiness as well as in-depth analyses on several issues relating to the ICT industry, furthering knowledge on the subject and providing inspiring
examples to follow for other countries.
The Report is the ninth of a series and is the result of a well-established partnership between the World Economic Forum (the Forum) and INSEAD, aimed at advancing the understanding of networked readiness’ key drivers.The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 features the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) for 2009–10, together with selected essays examining different topics related to ICT and sustainability in its economic, environmental, and social dimensions. Part 2 provides insight into best practices and policies in networked readiness and competitiveness, focusing on specific country case studies.The countries selected this year are Spain, Ireland,Tunisia, and China, which all have adopted interesting examples of successful ICT strategies to foster national economic growth and development. Part 3 features detailed profiles for the 133 economies covered in this year’s Report, offering a detailed assessment of each economy’s current networked readiness landscape and allowing for international and historical comparisons on specific variables or components of the NRI. Part 4 includes data tables for each of the 68 variables composing the NRI this year, with rankings for the economies covered, as well as technical notes and sources that provide comprehensive information on hard data variables.
Click here to view the report.
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The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010 The Global Information Technology Report 2009–2010 the ninth in the series features the latest results of the NRI offering a snapshot of the state of networked readiness in the world Under the general theme of ICT for sustainability the Report explores the central role of ICT in fostering economic environmental and social sustainability both as an industry in itself and in the overall economy and society
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