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Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009

    
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Environment
Market environment All None
Venture capital availability
Financial market sophistication
Availability of latest technologies
State of cluster development
Utility patents (hard data)
High-tech exports (hard data)
Burden of government regulation
Extent and effect of taxation
Total tax rate (hard data)
Time required to start a business (hard data)
Number of procedures required to start a business (hard data)
Intensity of local competition
Freedom of the press
Accessibility of digital content
Political and regulatory environment All None
Effectiveness of law-making bodies
Laws relating to ICT
Judicial independence
Intellectual property protection
Efficiency of legal framework for disputes
Property rights
Quality of competition in the ISP sector
Number of procedures to enforce a contract (hard data)
Time to enforce a contract (hard data)
Infrastructure environment All None
Telephone lines (hard data)
Secure Internet servers (hard data)
Electricity production (hard data)
Availability of scientists and engineers
Quality of scientific research institutions
Tertiary education enrollment (hard data)
Education expenditure (hard data)
Readiness
Individual readiness All None
Quality of math and science education
Quality of the educational system
Internet access in schools
Buyer sophistication
Residential telephone connection charge (hard data)
Residential monthly telephone subscription (hard data)
High-speed monthly broadband subscription (hard data)
Lowest cost of broadband (hard data)
Cost of mobile telephone call (hard data)
Business readiness All None
Extent of staff training
Local availability of specialized research and training services
Quality of management schools
Company spending on R&D
University-industry research collaboration
Business telephone connection charge (hard data)
Business monthly telephone subscription (hard data)
Local supplier quality
Local supplier quantity
Computer
Government readiness All None
Government prioritization of ICT
Government procurement of advanced technology products
Importance of ICT to government vision of the future
E-Government Readiness Index (hard data)
Usage
Individual usage All None
Mobile telephone subscribers (hard data)
Personal computers (hard data)
Broadband Internet subscribers (hard data)
Internet users (hard data)
Internet bandwidth (hard data)
Business usage All None
Prevalence of foreign technology licensing
Firm-level technology absorption
Capacity for innovation
Availability of new telephone lines
Extent of business Internet use
Government usage All None
Government success in ICT promotion
Availability of government online services
ICT use and government efficiency
Presence of ICT in government offices
E-Participation Index (hard data)

 
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