Release of Global Information Technology Report 2001-2002

["Irfan Khan" <khania@super.net.pk>]

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Forthcoming publication: The Global Information Technology Report
2001-2002: Readiness for the Networked World. The "GITR" is a joint
publication of the Center for International Development at Harvard
University and the World Economic Forum. It was produced in
partnership with infoDev, a multi-donor programme of the World Bank.

Contents:

>"75 national ICT profiles, and extensive data related to ICTs
>globally. The Report also develops a Networked Readiness Index that
>ranks 75 countries on their ability to leverage ICT networks. The
>Report is meant to expand our analytic understanding of the 
Networked
>World through both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Themes 
such
>as rural ICT development, telecommunications reform, ICTs and
>education, business practice and trade policy and patterns are
>examined in depth." (from the GITR website)+

Tentative price of the print report is US$65 from Oxford University 
Press. PDF selections including the Executive Summary, sample data 
and chapter summaries are available online: 
http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cr/gitrr_030202.html  

Source: Center for International Development (CID), Harvard
University.


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