Abstract
Information-Communication Technologies (ICT) are the general technology impacting the economy universally. The analysis of these processes was done within the framework of the Information Society concept. Standard statistical indicators had been insufficient to evaluate its development, so it was proposed to calculate the composite ICT Development Index (IDI). IDI ranges from 0 to 1. The top ten countries are headed by Korea. Its IDI is 8.4; Chad scored the lowest – 0.83. This indicates a significant gap in Information Society development between the countries. On the one hand, this could be explained by the model of the index constructing, on the other, ICT implementation is directly influenced by their value. Nevertheless, the level of IDI in the CIS countries is higher than expected, taking into account their income per capita. This indicates that national strategies can facilitate their transition to the Information Society (IS). These strategies should be coordinated with the current level of ICT implementation and economic development. Therefore, the objective of the study was to form the priorities for IS strategy according to the particular stage of its development. To define these stages statistically we set the following tasks: to create a list of the indicators, to analyze statistical data, and to identify the clusters of the countries which are on the same IS stage.
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“Action plan of transition to digital administration process” (1991), “Access to information held by authorities Act” (1999), “Interception of Communications Act” (1999), “Electronic Signatures and Certification Services Act” (2000), “Formation of Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society Act” (2000), “Protection of Personal Information Act” (2003), and other laws and regulations.
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“The regulation for reducing paper work” (1995), “The Freedom of Information Act” (1996), “Government Paperwork Elimination Act” (1998), “Electronic Government” and “Use of Informational Technology to Improve Our Society” (1999).
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“Info-Society 2000” (Denmark, 1994), “Finland towards the Information Society – A National Strategy” (1994), “Action Programme for the Information Superhighways: From Metaphor to Action” (Netherlands, 1994), “A Government Agenda for Promoting the Development of the Information Society” (Italy, 1995), “Greek Strategy for the Information Society: A tool for employment, Development and Quality of Life” (1995), “Info-2000: Germany’s Way to the Information Society” (1996), “National Information Society Initiative” (Portugal, 1996), “IT Government Bill defined the first IS strategy” (Sweden, 1996), “Information Society Initiative” (UK, 1996), “Austrian strategy and Action plan for Information Society” (1997), “Federal Action Plan for the Information Society” (Belgium, 1997), “Information Society Ireland: Strategy for Action” (1997), “Prepare the entry of France in the Information Society” (1998).
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Developing countries lag behind Sweden for 66 years by life expectancy and for 72 years by infant mortality.
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Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan (Georgia left the CIS in 2009 but it included to the report).
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It is important to keep in mind that changes in education have an impact over a longer time than the change of the ICT-access and use.
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The analysis was performed using Deductor Studio Academic 5.2.
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Kononova, K. (2013). Information Society: Statistical Profiles and Development Stages. In: Karasavvoglou, A., Polychronidou, P. (eds) Balkan and Eastern European Countries in the Midst of the Global Economic Crisis. Contributions to Economics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2873-3_11
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