ICT Indicators and Implications for Methods for Assessing Socioeconomic Impact of ICT
This report is being delivered pursuant to the agreement (Agreement) between the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of the Arab Republic of Egypt (MCIT) and the World Bank (Bank) for the provision by the Bank of technical assista...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16392404/world-bank-reimbursable-technical-assistance-itda-ict-indicators-implications-methods-assessing-socioeconomic-impact-ictbr-vol-1-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18370 |
| Summary: | This report is being delivered pursuant
to the agreement (Agreement) between the Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology of the Arab
Republic of Egypt (MCIT) and the World Bank (Bank) for the
provision by the Bank of technical assistance (RTA) to MCIT
and certain of its affiliates. One of those affiliates is
the Information Technology Industry Development Authority
(ITIDA). When it comes to designing and implementing ICT
policies, the availability of proper indicators is key to
efficiency and effectiveness. However, the indicators should
go further, and should help policymakers also to measure how
well the sector or projects are performing, provide an
assessment over time on the status of a project, program, or
policy, promote credibility and public confidence by
reporting on the results of programs, provide in-depth
information about public sector performance, help formulate
and justify budget requests, and identify potentially
promising programs or practices for duplication or
scalability. Thus, this report is composed of the following
sections: (i) a discussion of indicator types, in
particular impact indicators and their constraints; (ii) an
overview of the institutional setup of ICT data in Egypt;
(iii) ICT data categories and methodologies used by major
international indices and reports, including an analysis of
Egypt's strong and weak results in the indices; (iv) a
mapping and gap analysis between the indices'
indicators and those currently collected by Egypt; (v) a set
of recommendations for Egypt and (vi) implications of this
work with respect to analyzing the socioeconomic impact of
ICTs on investment, trade, growth and education in Egypt. |
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