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Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008

    
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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*
High-tech exports*
Burden of government regulation
Extent and effect of taxation
Total tax rate*
Time required to start a business*
Number of procedures required to start a business*
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
Property rights
Quality of competition in the ISP sector
Number of procedures to enforce a contract*
Time to enforce a contract*
Infrastructure environment All None
Number of telephone lines*
Secure Internet servers*
Electricity production*
Availability of scientists and engineers
Quality of scientific research institutions
Tertiary enrollment*
Education expenditure*
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*
Residential monthly telephone subscription*
High-speed monthly broadband subscription*
Lowest cost of broadband*
Cost of mobile telephone call*
Business Readiness All None
Extent of staff training
Local availability of research and training services
Quality of management schools
Company spending on R&D
University-industry research collaboration
Business telephone connection charge*
Business monthly telephone subscription*
Local supplier quality
Local supplier quantity
Computer communications and other services imports*
Government Readiness All None
Government prioritization of ICT
Gov't procurement of advanced tech products
Importance of ICT to government vision of the future
E-government readiness index*
Usage
Individual Usage All None
Mobile telephone subscribers*
Personal computers*
Broadband Internet subscribers*
Internet users*
Internet bandwidth*
Business Usage All None
Prevalence of foreign technology licensing
Firm-level technology absorption
Capacity for innovation
Availibility 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*

 
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