Measuring ICT: The global status of ICT Indicators Partenerships on Measuring ICT for Development

Measuring ICT: The Global Status of ICT Indicators Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development Following the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva, countries and regions were called upon to develop tools to provide statistical information on the Information Society, with basic indicators and analysis of its dimensions. To that end, several key stakeholders involved in the statistical measurement of the Information Society joined forces in a global 'Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development, which was launched in June 2004. The purpose of this report, "Measuring ICT: The Global Status of ICT Indicators", is to synthesize the results of the Partnerships' stocktaking exercise on the status of ICT indicators, carried out in collaboration with the United Nations Regional Commissions, UNCTAD and the OECD. The status of official Information Society statistics in developing countries is presented in this report by region, together with two chapters on global issues concerning household and business ICT indicators.