Title: Information Economy Report 2009
Pages: 153 pp.
ISBN: 978-92-1-112778-2
ISSN: 2075-4396
Source: unctad.org
Publisher: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Date (published): 22/10/2009
Date (accessed): 25/10/2009
Type of information: report
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML and pdf)
Abstract:
The Information Economy Report 2009: Trends and Outlook in Turbulent Times is the fourth in a series published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The report is one of the few publications to monitor global trends in information and communication technologies (ICTs) as they affect developing countries. It serves as a valuable reference for policymakers in those nations. It gives special attention to the impact of the global financial crisis on ICTs.

Contents:

* Global and regional trends in the diffusion of ICTs such as fixed and mobile telecommunications, Internet, and broadband
* Ranking of the most dynamic economies in terms of increased ICT connectivity between 2003 and 2008
* Monitoring of the “digital divide”
* Survey of national statistical offices on the use of ICT in the business sector
* A review of the changing patterns in the trade of ICT goods
* A mapping of the new geography in the offshoring of IT and ICT-enabled services.
* Policy recommendations on how developing countries can reap greater benefits from ICT
* A statistical annex with global ICT data.