The ICT development index and the digital divide: How are they related?

M.J. James

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2011.08.010

The ICT development index and the digital divide: How are they related?

M.J. James

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Abstract

Digital preparedness and the digital divide are two ways of measuring ICT performance across countries. Recently, the ITU has proposed that a new index of preparedness be used to measure the divide. My goal is to investigate the validity of this suggestion. I have argued that the ICT Development Index is ill-suited to this task because it engages in double-counting, confuses means and ends, adds together dependent and independent variables and adds rather than multiplies its component parts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	587-594
Journal	Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Volume	79
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2011.08.010
Publication status	Published - 2012

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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