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I-Ways Journal of E-Government Policy and Regulation 32 (2009) 15â17 DOI 10.3233/IWA-2009-0158 IOS Press E-Government Developments The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in a press release reporting its 2008 e-Readiness Rankings, identiï¬ed three key developments: â The US is now top of the table, followed closely by Hong Kong. â Digital progress slows in Denmark and other European ICT leaders. â The digital divide between the top and lower tiers continues to narrow, but more slowly. âE-readiness continues to advance across the globe. Indeed, the average e-readiness score of the 70 countries in this yearâs rankings rose to 6.39 (on a 1â10 scale), up from 6.24 in 2007. This overall progress, however, masks some backtracking among a handful of countries, notably within the top ten. After four consecutive years as the worldâs most e-ready country, Denmark has fallen four places, as has Switzerland. Similarly, Finland has dropped three places and has been supplanted in the top 10 by Austria. The United States is now the global e-readiness leader, with a score of 8.95, followed closely by Hong Kong, which has advanced two places. âMaintaining the momentum of digital development is clearly quite tough. The aforementioned European ICT leaders have
I-Ways: The Journal of E-Government Policy and Regulation – IOS Press
Published: Jan 1, 2009
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