Measuring ICT: the global status of ICT indicators
July 2005
United Nations (UN)
At the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva in December 2003, world leaders and heads of state highlighted the importance of
benchmarking and measuring progress toward the information society.
In the WSIS action plan, countries and international organisations were called upon to allocate appropriate resources for the provision of ICT statistics and to develop effective measurement methodologies including basic ICT indicators and an analysis of the state of the information society.
In response, the key stakeholders involved in the statistical measurement of the Information Society including the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU), the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Eurostat, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN ICT Task Force, four UN Regional Commissions (UNECA, UNECLAC, UNESCAP and UNESCWA), the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the World Bank, all joined forces to create a global Partnership for ‘Measuring ICT for Development’. The Partnership was officially launched during the UNCTAD XI conference held in Brazil in June 2004.
Keywords: global status, ICT indicators
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