CID Archive:
Publication Archive: Technology Reports
Produced by CID's Information Technology Group (which ceased operating in June 2002)
- The Global Information
Technology Report 2001-2002: Readiness for the Networked World provides
the most comprehensive documentation to date of how ICTs are being used around
the world. Blending visionary commentary with rigorous analysis, the Report
addresses the major opportunities and obstacles that global leaders face as they
try to more fully participate in the Networked World. Decision-makers face
complex choices for which they need comprehensive and reputable information and
perspective-these challenges range from telecommunications reform to changing
educational needs to new business models to a better understanding of the impact
of ICTs. The Report is an important resource that will help leaders around the
world deal with these and related issues. Through the development of the first
Networked Readiness Index, which ranks 75 countries according to their capacity
to take advantage of ICT networks, a series of 75 in-depth Networked Readiness
country profiles, and thematic chapters by some of the world's leading experts
on the Networked World, the Report provides an ambitious, global panorama of how
ICTs are being used, and what opportunities and challenges remain. The vision,
analysis and action within the Global Information Technology Readiness Report
2001-2002 make it a unique and valuable publication for policymakers, business
leaders and others who make important decisions relating to the Networked World.
- Readiness in the
Networked World: A Guide for Developing Countries
CID's Information
Technology Group created the Guide
to help developing world communities understand the components of
Networked Readiness and their interaction, and offer them a way to
perform a systematic assessment of their own Readiness. Using criteria from the Guide, leaders develop a detailed picture
of their community’s access to the network, use of information
technologies in the educational system, integration of the network
in society and economy, and the appropriateness of their network
policies. They can then build upon that framework to
determine the next steps they need to take to better capture the
benefits of the Networked World.
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