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The Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009: Mobility in a Networked World
This is a joint publication by the World Economic Forum and the INSEAD.
Of particular interest:
* The Networked Readiness (NRI) Index - Chapter 1.1, “Gauging the Networked Readiness of Nations: Findings from the Networked Readiness Index 2008–2009,” presents the latest NRI findings. The NRI was developed by INSEAD in 2002 as a part of an ongoing joint research project with the Forum, and is the main methodological tool featured in the Report to assess countries’ preparedness to leverage ICT advances for increased competitiveness and development.
* “From Mobility to Ubiquity: Ensuring the Power and Promise of Internet Connectivity… for Anyone,Anywhere,Anytime,” in which authors Robert Pepper, Enrique J. Rueda-Sabater, Brian C. Boeggeman, and John Garrity (all at Cisco Systems, Inc.) propose: (1) a typology of Internet stages and an ICT Map to place countries’ ICT development in perspective and provide a basis for charting a course forward, (2) a framework for assessing and improving connectivity and the use of networks, and (3) a review of the key drivers toward the goal of Internet ubiquity.
Also in this chapter take a look at figure 4 on page 7 of this section: “Mapping key ICT development dimensions”, and Figure 9 on page 13: A Net Strategy Framework.
In chapter 1.2: Mobile penetration across the world: A remarkable success story of our day; in particular Figure 1: Mobile telephony penetration and Internet usage, 1990–2007 on page 2. “Although often the Internet is mentioned among the fastest-growing technologies worldwide, a glance at Figure 1 shows that Internet penetration has indeed expanded over the last 20 years, but not as fast as mobile telephony. Using ITU data, we estimate that the number of mobile telephone users increased from 11.1 million in 1990 to 3.2 billion in 2007.The number of Internet users went from 2.6 million to 1.2 billion over the same period.”
Part 2 presents three case studies:
1/ How Outsourcing Can Help Mobilize Talents Globally: Egypt’s Success Story
2/ IT Korea: Past, Present, and Future
3/ Will the Soccer World Cup of 2014 Help Bridge the Social Gap through the Promotion of ICT and E-government in Brazil?
One last note on the structure of the related data tables in part 4 is organized in nine sections, which correspond to the nine pillars of the NRI:
Environment
1. Market environment
2. Political and regulatory environment
3. Infrastructure environment
Readiness
4. Individual readiness
5. Business readiness
6. Government readiness
Usage
7. Individual usage
8. Business usage
9. Government usage
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