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This book is the authoritative benchmark of global IT strategies. Based on qualitative and quantitative data collected from over 120 nations, this research computes a Networked Readiness Index based on an overall framework for assessing an economy's readiness for the digital networked era.

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The Global Information Technology Report 2006-2007 Connecting to the Networked Economy Contents Preface................................................................................................. v Klaus Schwab (World Economic Forum) Part 2: Access to ICT: Selected Case Studies 2.1 Estonia: A Sustainable Success in Networked Readiness?......................................................... 81 Soumitra Dutta (INSEAD) Foreword.............................................................................................vii John Chambers (Cisco Systems, Inc.) Executive Summary........................................................................... ix Soumitra Dutta (INSEAD) and Irene Mia ( World Economic Forum) 2.2 Access to Communications Services in Sub-Saharan Africa............................................................... 91 Markus Haacker (International Monetary Fund) The Networked Readiness Index Rankings.................................. xix 2.3 Information and Communication Technologies Policy in Japan: Meeting the Challenges Ahead.................... 107 Part 1: Selected Issues of Networked Readiness 1.1 Connecting the World to the Networked Economy: A Progress Report Based on the Findings of the Networked Readiness Index 2006-2007.................................... 3 Irene Mia (World Economic Forum) and Soumitra Dutta (INSEAD) Hideo Shimizu, Kuniko Ogawa, and Koichi Fujinuma (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan) 2.4 Made in China: Information Technologies and the Internet...........................................................................117 Sacha Wunsch-Vincent and Graham Vickery (OECD) 1.2 Networks Changing the Way We Work, Live, Play, and Learn.................................................................. 23 Roger Farnsworth, Lionel Gibbons, Tracey Lewis, and Marsha Powell (Cisco Systems, Inc.) Part 3: Country/Economy Profiles How to Read the Country/Economy Profiles................................ 135 List of Countries/Economies............................................................ 137 Country/Economy Profiles...............................................................138 1.3 Opportunities and Challenges of Next-Generation Networks in Telecommunications.................................................................. 39 Scott Beardsley, Luis Enriquez, Mehmet Güvendi, Duarte Braga, Wim Torfs, and Sergio Sandoval (McKinsey and Company Inc.) Part 4: Data Tables How to Read the Data Tables................................................ 263 List of Data Tables............................................................................. 265 Data Tables....................................................................................... 267 Technical Notes and Sources..........................................................347 About the Authors............................................................................ 351 List of Partner Institutes....................................................................355 Acknowledgment.............................................................................. 361 1.4 The Next Frontier of E-Government: Local Governments May Hold the Keys to Global Competition..................................................................... 51 Bruno Lanvin and Anat Lewin (World Bank) 1.5 Reluctant Gatekeepers: Corporate Ethics on a Filtered Internet...................................... 69 John G. Palfrey, Jr. (Harvard Law School)