2010 edition of Measuring the Information Society, “which features the latest ICT Development Index (IDI) and ICT Price Basket two benchmarking tools to monitor information society developments worldwide. This new edition of the report highlights key trends at the global, regional and national levels, showcasing top performers and identifying the main drivers of change. The report also examines the evolution of the digital divide between 2002 and 2008 and discusses price developments over the last year.”
“The report shows that despite the recent economic downturn, the use of ICT services, such as mobile phones and the Internet, has continued to grow worldwide. All 159 countries included in the IDI have improved their scores during the past year confirming the ongoing diffusion of ICTs and the overall transition to a global information society. The top-ranking economies continue to be primarily high-income countries from the developed world but a number of developing countries have shown strong improvements in their IDI scores and rankings between 2007 and 2008. There are large inter- and intra-regional disparities in IDI performance, especially in the Americas and Asia and the Pacific regions, reflecting the income differences in those regions. The IDI results show that although the digital divide is still significant, it is slightly shrinking, especially between those countries with very high ICT levels and those with lower levels. Moreover, high IDI growth in some developing countries illustrates that countries with low ICT levels can catch up relatively quickly, provided their ICT sectors receive adequate policy attention.”
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