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Information Society: Statistical Profiles and Development Stages

In: Balkan and Eastern European Countries in the Midst of the Global Economic Crisis

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  • Kateryna Kononova

    (V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University)

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Information-Communication Technologies (ICT) are the general technology impacting the economy universally. The analysis of these processes was done within the framework of the Information Society concept. Standard statistical indicators had been insufficient to evaluate its development, so it was proposed to calculate the composite ICT Development Index (IDI). IDI ranges from 0 to 1. The top ten countries are headed by Korea. Its IDI is 8.4; Chad scored the lowest – 0.83. This indicates a significant gap in Information Society development between the countries. On the one hand, this could be explained by the model of the index constructing, on the other, ICT implementation is directly influenced by their value. Nevertheless, the level of IDI in the CIS countries is higher than expected, taking into account their income per capita. This indicates that national strategies can facilitate their transition to the Information Society (IS). These strategies should be coordinated with the current level of ICT implementation and economic development. Therefore, the objective of the study was to form the priorities for IS strategy according to the particular stage of its development. To define these stages statistically we set the following tasks: to create a list of the indicators, to analyze statistical data, and to identify the clusters of the countries which are on the same IS stage.

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  • Kateryna Kononova, 2013. "Information Society: Statistical Profiles and Development Stages," Contributions to Economics, in: Anastasios Karasavvoglou & Persefoni Polychronidou (ed.), Balkan and Eastern European Countries in the Midst of the Global Economic Crisis, edition 127, pages 157-174, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:conchp:978-3-7908-2873-3_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2873-3_11
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