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Global Information Technology Report 2001-2002: Readiness for the Networked World

An Initiative by Harvard University and World Economic Forum

 

What is the GITR?

What will it contain?

Country coverage

Methodology

Publication details

People

 

 

 

 


What is the Global Information Technology Report (GITR)?

The Global Information Technology Report 2001-2002: Readiness for the Networked World  is a major collaboration between the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University  and the World Economic Forum (WEF). The report assesses and analyzes the adoption and use of information technology in 75 countries. For the past five years, the CID and the WEF have been publishing the Global Competitiveness Report - an internationally acclaimed publication analyzing competitiveness of nations across the globe. This year, these organizations continue their commitment to providing high quality analysis of globally important issues relating to economic competitiveness and participation in the global economy by introducing the GITR.

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What does the GITR Contain?

The GITR addresses issues of IT Readiness of nations through:

     - essays written by internationally renowned experts on IT and development

     - IT profiles of countries

     - IT Readiness Rankings of countries - overall and sectoral rankings

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Country Coverage

The GITR will cover 75 countries - both industrial and developing countries. The list of the country profiles can be viewed here. 

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Methodology

The assessments and rankings in GITR will be based on reliable data-sources and country-level surveys of national business leaders.

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Purchasing details

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication date: April 2002.

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People

Geoffrey Kirkman, Editor, Harvard University
Peter Cornelius, World Economic Forum
Jeffrey Sachs, Harvard University
Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum

 

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