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Information Society Indicators

Information Society Indicators. From policy making to indicators: Monitoring progress, measuring output, and assessing impact. National ICT policies. The purpose of a national ICT policy is to create an environment in which: Economic and social benefits may be achieved

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Information Society Indicators

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  1. Information Society Indicators From policy making to indicators: Monitoring progress, measuring output, and assessing impact Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  2. National ICT policies • The purpose of a national ICT policy is to create an environment in which: • Economic and social benefits may be achieved • Utilization of resources may be optimized • Domestic technological capabilities may be built or enhanced • Decisions can be taken rationally Impact Strategy Objective Mechanism Source: M. Odedra & S. Madon, Information Technology Policies and Applications .., The Commonwealth Secretariat 1993. Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  3. National ICT policies Evidence-based policy making PC for Every Home Buzz Words Operational Details ًWhat to do!!! How to go about it??? The way to go is .. National Statistics Offices Statistics Statistics Collection CAPMAS 2006 Census … Indicators Information Society Modeling Outline Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  4. Evidence-based policy making • Due to overwhelming accumulated evidence the Egyptian Government has enacted a policy that aims at increasing the proportion of households with a computer. Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  5. PC for Every Home • The policy initiative offers locally assembled quality PCs to citizens, to be paid for in affordable installments that are secured by their fixed line telephones. Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  6. The policy could possibly: • Focus on, or emphasize, gender, certain age groups, income categories, and/or geographic distribution • Be connected to other development goals and/or policy initiatives: • Development of the local computer manufacturing and services industries • The “Free Internet” initiative Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  7. Operational details • The Egyptian government has chosen to act as a facilitator. Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  8. Evidence Studies Data Conjectured Impact Socioeconomic benefits Objectives Outputs Mechanism Implementation Buzz Words Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  9. What to do!!! How to go about it??? • Verify the evidence • Establish a true picture of the current status as relates to the evidence and the objectives of the policy initiative: • The proportion/distribution of households with computer with respect to gender, age, income, and/or geographic distribution • Volume and prices of locally manufactured PCs • Others Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  10. More.. • Monitor the progress of implementation • Track the volume of PCs sold • Track the proportion/distribution of households buying PCs • Monitor the average price of PCs sold compared to the average household income • Others Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  11. More.. • Measure the output • Direct output • The volume of locally manufactured PCs sold through POSs • Indirect output • The difference in PCs sold by other manufacturers in the same price range as those above • The difference in PCs sold by all manufacturers in other price ranges • Others Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  12. More.. • Asses the impact • Economic growth • Value added • Employment/job creation • Enhanced and more effective workforce • Societal benefits • Empowerment of women • Enlightened population • Rural development Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  13. The way to go is STATISTICS Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  14. National Statistical Offices • NSOs are responsible for collecting national data • National data provide a picture of a country’s internal economic and social status that is essential for policy makers Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  15. Statistics collection • National censuses • Surveys • Administrative registries Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  16. CAPMAS • The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics [CAPMAS] is the National Statistical Office in Egypt Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  17. General Census on Population, Housing, and Establishment – 2006 • CAPMAS is set to collect information society statistics in its coming census, including a measure of the proportion of households with computers Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  18. الأجهزة المنزلية / المستخدمين (بالعـدد) حاسـب شخصي 2 تليفزيـون 1 خط تليفون ثـابت 1 راديـــو 4 مستخدم التليفون المحمول 2 مستخدم الإنترنت العـادي 3 مستخدم الإنترنت عريـض الحزمة استمارة الأسـرة والظروف السكنية Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  19. CAPMAS will provide policy makers with the following: • Snap Shot of the current status • Sample frames for future surveys • Indicators that may be used for policy adjustment and measuring some outputs • Other related indicators Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  20. Indicators • Indicators are based upon the idea that statistical data provides evidence for evaluation of current policies and future policymaking. This way, their effectiveness lies in the way they support the policymaking process, both by providing impulse for, and evaluation of, policies. Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  21. More.. • Indicators must be judiciously relevant, well thought of, and cleverly constructed: • Be relevant to the characteristics or policy objective • Allow for measurement of important characteristics or real policy objectives directly, or indirectly through an adequate proxy • Be straightforward to interpret temporal changes observed with regard to the essential dimensions of the specified characteristics or policy objective. Inversely, unambiguous and significant changes of any indicator values over time should be meaningful in terms of the considered characteristic or policy objective Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  22. More.. • Indicators must also exhibit certain statistical characteristics, the same characteristics sought while collecting statistics: • Conform to international standards, if they exist, or, otherwise, be simplified alternatives to internationally agreed-upon indicators, so countries with less well-developed statistical capacity can still carry out the required measurements • Exhibit temporal change that would support monitoring • Be robust to systemic and cultural differences between countries over time • Have sufficient coverage to ensure that the indicator values are unlikely to mislead policy makers or uses in case they do not fully cover the target population “Measuring and Monitoring the Information and Knowledge Societies: a Statistical Challenge,” UNESCO Institute of Statistics [UIS], 2003. Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  23. Make no mistake x POLICY  INDICATORS x Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

  24. Thank you for listening Hesham A. Auda, ESCWA

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