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The Global Information Technology Report 2014 Rewards and Risks of Big Data. Th e Global Information Technology Report. in collaboration with. with the support. and featuring contributions from Industry partners , universities and international organisations.
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The Global Information TechnologyReport 2014Rewards and Risks of Big Data
The Global Information Technology Report in collaboration with with the support and featuring contributions fromIndustrypartners, universities and international organisations The GITR 2014 is a joint effort: The GITR has evolved into a powerful tool for leaders from the private and public sectors in understanding the enabling factors of ICT advancement and how to maximise its economic and social impacts
The Networked Readiness Index • The Networked Readiness Index (NRI) measures the ability of economies to leverage ICT to boost competitiveness and well-being • It identifies the main drivers for ICT development and its impacts, by gauging: • the friendliness of country’smarket and regulatoryframework • the society’spreparation to make good use of ICT • the efforts of the main social agents to increasetheir ICT uptake • the economic and social impacts accruingfrom ICT
The Networked Readiness Index Framework IMPACTS DRIVERS Environment Economic Infrastructure Individual Affordability Skills Business Government Social Usage Readiness 4
The NRI rankings Source: World Economic Forum 6
The NRI results: A geography of digital divide Source: World Economic Forum 7
The new digital dividebetweenadvanced and emerging and developingeconomiespersists… Score 1-7 NRI 2014 by pillar Source: World Economic Forum
… and thereseems to existlittleprogress to bridge it… % change (range -4%/+8%) NRI change 2012-2014 Source: World Economic Forum
… notablyamong the BRICS economies, which face difficulties to fullyleveragetheir ICT eco-systems… BRICS, NRI 2012 and 2014 by pillar Source: World Economic Forum
The NRI rankings- Change Source: World Economic Forum 11
…although some countries are doing significant efforts to bridge the digital divide Source: World Economic Forum
In the EU, the nature of the NEW digital dividebecomesparticularlyevident and highlights the importance of developingholistic digital and innovation strategies NRI 2014 in EU28 by pillar Source: World Economic Forum
NRI: Summary of main findings The new digital dividebetweentechnologysavvy nations and otherspersists and cancontribute to unbalanced global growth… … especially as large emergingeconomiesseemunable to makedecisiveprogress in developing and leveragingtheir ICT potential… … whichwillrequire not onlyinvestments in improving the ICT infrastructure, but more importantly the conditions for innovation and entrepreneurship to spur… … and thus support greater social cohesion by increasing the opportunities for all.
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