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Economist e-Readiness Rankings Show Uneven Progress

Economist e-Readiness Rankings Show Uneven Progress I-Ways Journal of E-Government Policy and Regulation 32 (2009) 15–17 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, identified three key developments: – The US is now top of the table, followed closely by Hong Kong. – Digital progress slows in Denmark and other European ICT leaders. – The digital divide between the top and lower tiers continues to narrow, but more slowly. “E-readiness continues to advance across the globe. Indeed, the average e-readiness score of the 70 countries in this year’s rankings rose to 6.39 (on a 1–10 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 world’s 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. “Maintaining the momentum of digital development is clearly quite tough. The aforementioned European ICT leaders have http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png I-Ways: The Journal of E-Government Policy and Regulation IOS Press

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IOS Press
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Copyright © 2009 by IOS Press, Inc
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1084-4678
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1875-8886
DOI
10.3233/IWA-2009-0158
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Abstract

I-Ways Journal of E-Government Policy and Regulation 32 (2009) 15–17 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, identified three key developments: – The US is now top of the table, followed closely by Hong Kong. – Digital progress slows in Denmark and other European ICT leaders. – The digital divide between the top and lower tiers continues to narrow, but more slowly. “E-readiness continues to advance across the globe. Indeed, the average e-readiness score of the 70 countries in this year’s rankings rose to 6.39 (on a 1–10 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 world’s 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. “Maintaining the momentum of digital development is clearly quite tough. The aforementioned European ICT leaders have

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I-Ways: The Journal of E-Government Policy and RegulationIOS Press

Published: Jan 1, 2009

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