US, Switzerland and Slovakia the Biggest Gainers in Economist Intelligence Unit's Sixth Annual E-Readiness Rankings
The 2005 edition of the Economist Intelligence Unit's e-readiness rankings, produced in co-operation with IBM's Institute for Business Value, reflects the increasing importance of broadband to countries' digital development. For the emerging markets, the best examples being Estonia (26th), Slovenia (27th) and the Czech Republic (29th) with their strong development of e-government services. India (49th) and China (54th) remain on the lower rungs of the e-readiness ladder, but are making growing contributions to the global digital economy on the strength of a strong ICT skills base (India) and a prodigious ICT manufacturing sector (China).
-- Denmark retains the top spot among 65 countries, edging out the
resurgent United States
-- Switzerland, Slovakia and the US register the biggest gains in rank
from 2004
-- Hong Kong assumes the lead among Asia-Pacific's digital tigers
-- Heavier model emphasis on broadband leads to major score increases for top 20 countries
-- Developing countries are held back by an infrastructure deficit, but
many are making progress
http://press.arrivenet.com/tec/article.php/623761.html
-- ----------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com ----------------------------------- _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
