Leveraging ICT for development

Author(s)

• World Economic Forum
• INSEAD
• Dutta, Soumitra
• López-Claros, Augusto
• Mia, Irene

Bibliographic Information

Leveraging ICT for development

[edited by] Soumitra Dutta, Augusto Lopez-Claros, Irene Mia.

（The global information technology report）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

• 2005-2006

Other Title

The global information technology report 2005-2006 : leveraging ICT for development

Note

"The global information technology report 2005-2006 is a special project within the framework of the Global Competitiveness Programme. The global information technology report is the result of a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and INSEAD, France"--T. p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Produced by The World Economic Forum and INSEAD, the fifth edition of the annual Global Information Technology Report is a comprehensive tool for measuring the progress made in the adoption of the latest information and communication technologies and identifying the obstacles to ICT development in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• K.Schwab (World Economic Forum) Foreword
• J.Chambers (Cisco Systems, Inc.) Executive Summary
• S.Dutta (INSEAD), A.Lopez-Claros & I.Mia (World Economic Forum) The Networked Readiness Index Rankings PART 1: SELECTED ISSUES OF NETWORKED READINESS Networked Readiness and the Benchmarking of ICT Competitiveness
• S.Dutta & A.Jain (INSEAD) The Infrastructure Challenge in Telecommunications: A Role for Regulation
• S.Beardsley, L.Enriquez, M.Guvendi, M.Lucas & A.Marschner (McKinsey & Company Inc.) PART 2: PRODUCTIVITY-RELATED TOPICS Innovation and Interactions: Wellspring of Competitive Advantage
• D.Frosst (Cisco Systems, Inc.) Information Technology and Productivity, or 'It Ain't What You Do, It's the Way that You Do I.T.'
• J.Van Reenen & R.Sadun (Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics) An Emerging Opportunity for India: The Productivity of Interactions
• N.R.Narayana Murthy (Infosys Technologies Ltd.) PART 3: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES Information and Communication Technologies in Chile: Past Efforts, Future Challenges
• C.Alvarez Voullième, C.Capdevila de la Cerda, F.Flores Labra, A.Foxley Rioseco & A.Navarro Haeussler (Fundación País Digital) Israel: Factors in the Emergence of an ICT Powerhouse
• A.Lopez-Claros & I.Mia (World Economic Forum) The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on the Economic Competitiveness and Social Development of Taiwan
• A.L.Dahl (International Environment Forum) & A.Lopez-Claros (World Economic Forum) Connectivity Strategies to Enhance Competitiveness: The Mexican and Korean Experiences and Lessons for Latin America
• R.A.V.Ramos & R.Villarreal Arrambide (Centro de Capital Intelectual y Competitividad) PART 4: COUNTRY PROFILES How to Read the Country Profiles List of Countries Country Profiles PART 5: DATA PRESENTATION How to Read the Data Tables List of Data Tables Data Tables About the Authors Partner Institutes Acknowledgment

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA80911352
• ISBN:
  • 1403996423
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 350 p.
• Size: 28 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA80911013