The Global Information Technology Report 2003-2004 Towards an Equitable Information Society

by World Economic Forum; Dutta, Soumitra; Lanvin, Bruno; Paua, Fiona

• ISBN13: 9780195173611
• ISBN10: 0195173619
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

The Global Information Technology Report 2003-2004 will be the third of a very well-received series assessing the state of networked readiness of various countries around the world. Recognizing the relevance of and the rapid changes in information technology, the Global Information TechnologyReport 2003-2004 will be an update to the previous Reports, capturing new insights and best practices and gleaning policy lessons from various country experiences. With the expansion in country coverage, the Report remains the most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of thepreparedness of countries to capture the benefits of participating in the Networked World. The Report consists of three main parts: the first includes analytical chapters related to networked readiness; the second contains country profiles, and the third part consists of the data tables whichcontains country rankings for every indicator. The 2003-2004 Report will be even more comprehensive than the previous Reports. This edition will assess at least 100 countries, with the inclusion of several African economies. To ensure that the most comprehensive array of relevant variablespertaining to Networked Readiness are distilled and analyzed, the variable composition of the model has been refined. Like previous reports, this year's is the result of a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and Somitra Dutta, the Dean of Technology at INSEAD and Bruno Lanvin, Manager ofInformation for Development at the World Bank. Written in a non-technical language and style, the Report appeals to a broad audience consisting of policy makers, business leaders and academics. In the tradition of the other reports of the Global Competitiveness Programme of the World EconomicForum, the Report brings together a range of leading experts in the field: academic experts, industry consultants, industry leaders and representatives of multilateral organizations. The findings of the Report will be presented at the World Summit for Information Society, which will gather theworld's leading stakeholders of information technology in Geneva in December of 2003. The Report will also be used as a platform for discussion at the Annual Meeting in Davos, at regional events, country level meetings and other relevant activities of the World Economic Forum and Information forDevelopment of the World Bank.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction	vii
Executive Summary	ix
The Networked Readiness Index Rankings	xi
PART 1 CHAPTERS	1	(108)
1 The Networked Readiness Index 2003-2004: Overview and Analysis Framework	3	(20)
Soumitra Dutta and Amit Jain
2 Global Diffusion of ICT: A Progress Report	23	(34)
Fiona Paua
3 Poverty "e-Readication" Using ICT to Meet MDG: Direct and Indirect Roles of e-Maturity	57	(14)
Bruno Lanvin and Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang
4 Towards a New Regulatory Compact	71	(16)
Scott Beardsley, Ingo Beyer von Morgenstern, Luis Enriquez, and Walter Verbeke
5 CASE STUDY: Little Finland's Transformation to a Wireless Giant	87	(22)
Petri Rouvinen and Pekka Ylä-Anttila
PART 2 COUNTRY PROFILES	109	(106)
How to Read the Country Tables	111	(1)
List of Countries	112	(103)
PART 3 DATA PRESENTATION	215	(86)
The Networked Readiness Index: Methodology	217	(4)
How to Read the Data Tables	221	(2)
List of Data Tables and Key Indicators	223	(78)
List of Authors	301	(4)
List of Partner Institutes	305