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Progress iin M
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Measuring
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ICT
for Development
WSIS Forum 2011
16-20 May,
y, Geneva
Susan Teltscher
Head, ICT Data and Statistics Division
Telecommunication Development Bureau
International Telecommunication Union
In te rn a tio n a l
T e le c o m m u n ic a tio n
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Monitoring progress: need for
quantitative evidence
ƒ Need indicators on ICT access, use and impact
ƒ Need ICT data to monitor the digital divide
ƒ WSIS outcome documents call for
measurement of information society to track
progress and inform policy
ƒ International community is addressing this
issue through the Partnership on Measuring ICT
for Development
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ƒ Global initiative to improve
internationally comparable ICT
statistics for effective policy
making
ƒ Response to WSIS call to
measure the information society
ƒ 11 key stakeholders working on
ICT statistics
ƒ Launched in 2004
Members
ITU
OECD
UNCTAD
UNDESA
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
World Bank
ECA
ECLAC
ESCAP
ESCWA
Eurostat
Steering Committee: ITU, UNCTAD, ECLAC
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Partnership recent activities
ƒ Measuring e
e-government
government
ƒ Measuring the WSIS targets
ƒ Measuring impact
ƒ Global event, Seoul, Republic of
Korea (July 2010) (with UNSD)
ƒ Workshops and training courses
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WSIS mid-term review based on measurable
indicators – WTDR 2010
ƒ First global effort to measure
progress towards the
achievement of the targets
agreed at the WSIS
ƒ Mid-term review based on
quantitative indicators
ƒ Policy recommendations to
help achieve the targets by
2015
ƒ Basis for Partnership Task
Group on Measuring the
WSIS Targets
Main authors: ITU, UNESCO, WHO and UNDESA, as well as civil society
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New Partnership publication:
“Measuring the WSIS targets"
ƒ A response to the WSIS call to
develop indicators for measuring
the information society
ƒ A concrete list of indicators
to monitor the 10 WSIS targets
ƒ A practical tool for policy
makers and data producers in
developing
p g countries
ƒ The main reference
document for the final review
or progress made in 2015
Launched today
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Global ICT trends
5.3 billion mobile cellular subscriptions
80
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions
70
Internet users
Fixed telephone lines
Mobile broadband subscriptions
60
Per 100 inhabitants
Fixed broadband subscriptions
50
40
30
20
10
0
1995
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
2010*
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database.
Mayestimates.
2011
Note: 2010 data are
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Two billion Internet users –
but too few in Africa
ƒ Global Internet users have
doubled in the past five
years
ƒ Only 1 out of 5 people in
developing countries are
online and only 1 out of 10
online,
in Africa
ƒ Future: mobile Internet
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database.
Mayestimates.
2011
Note: 2010 data are
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Mobile Internet
ƒ Non-existent at time of WSIS
ƒ New devices are mushrooming (smart
phones, tablet computers etc.)
ƒ Mobile applications (across all sectors)
are driving demand
Implications:
¾Subsc
Subscriptions
pt o s to 3G networks
et o s
(broadband) growing exponentially
¾Internet users shift from fixed to mobile
access, numbers will grow quickly
¾Future measurement challenges
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Progress in measuring Internet users
Proportion of countries collecting Indicator HH7* (Internet users) by region
%
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
81.4
At least one year between:
2001‐2003
2004‐2006
33.3
2007‐2009
40.0
41.7
37.5
21.1
70
7.0
Africa
Asia &
Pacific
Arab States Americas
CIS
Europe
All ITU
members
Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators database.
Note: * Data in this chart refer to countries that have collected data on individuals using the Internet through official national
surveys
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Mobile Internet:
Needs to be addressed in all statistics
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ICT infrastructure services
ICT manufacturing
Household access
Individual use
Business access and use
E-government
ICT use in education
E-health
Other applications
E-waste
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More information
http://www.itu.int/ict
http://measuring-ict.unctad.org
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