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This is the NRI
2002-3 data. The 2002-3 data can be found via
http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/Initiatives+subhome
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The NRI is
developed in depth in the World Economic Forum "Global Information
Technology Report" 2002-3. The WEF takes the Harvard CID definition as a
basis.
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Networked
Readiness Index (NRI), a major international assessment of countries’
capacity to exploit the opportunitiesoffered by ICTs.
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A community’s
potential to participate in the Networked World of the future.
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NRI: Construct a
network use component that measures the extent of current network
connectivity, and an enabling factors component that measures a country’s
capacity to exploit existing networks and create new ones. Network use is
defined by 5 variables related to the quantity and quality of ICT
(Information Communication Technology)
use. Enabling factors are based on Network access, network policy,
networked society and the networked economy.
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Countries at the
bottom right of the right hand graph may be concentrating on Internet access
for all, while countries in the upper right may be focussing on excellent
academic & research networks.
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