Belize National ICT Strategy : 2011 ICT BENCHMARKING REPORT

From the Introduction

"At the World Summit for the Information Society in 2005, countries of the world reaffirmed their commitment to the development of the Information Society and the principles that should underlie its development.
“... improve access to information and communication infrastructure and technologies as well as to information and knowledge; build capacity; increase confidence and security in the use of ICTs; create an enabling environment at all levels; develop and widen ICT applications; foster and respect cultural diversity; recognize the role of the media; address the ethical dimensions of the Information Society; and encourage international and regional cooperation”.
(Tunis Commitment: http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/7.html)
This benchmarking report presents a Global Benchmarking Study that will assess Belize’s propensity to participate in and leverage information and communication technologies for
development and growth. It seeks to benchmark Belize against other emerging economies as well as developed economies of similar size and similar economic and political environment. It uses the latest development figures for 20 key performance indicators such as infrastructure, Internet usage, education, eGovernment, etc gleaned from a variety of international sources namely

• Global competitiveness Report, 2010
• Global Information Technology Report, 2010
• UN e-Government Readiness Report, 2010
• World Bank, Information and Communications for Development Online Database 2010
• ITU Database of Statistics
• Internal survey data from Belize’s Census Bureau
• Reference is also made to a 2010 eLAC report “Monitoring of eLAC 2010 Progress of ICT
• Development Caribbean Information Societies”.

The following countries are covered in this benchmarking report: Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Malta, Mauritius, Panama, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago. Section I of this report presents the methodology used and the approach used for the selection of countries and indicators selected for use in the report. Section II contains the benchmarking results for the eight (8) countries. Section III comprises the main conclusions of the benchmark results.

Publication: 

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