Networked Readiness Index Explained

The Networked Readiness Index is an index published annually by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with INSEAD, as part of their annual Global Information Technology Report. It aims to measure the degree of readiness of countries to exploit opportunities offered by information and communications technology.^{[1] [2]} The Networked Readiness Index was first conceived of and constructed by Geoffrey Kirkman, Jeffrey Sachs and Carlos Osorio in 2002 at Harvard University.^[3]

The 2016 edition covers 139 nations.^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: The World's Most Tech-Ready Countries 2015 . April 15, 2015 . INSEAD Knowledge . November 25, 2015 . November 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151123204355/http://knowledge.insead.edu/entrepreneurship-innovation/the-worlds-most-tech-ready-countries-2015-3953 . live .
2. News: Global Information Technology Report 2015 . 15 April 2015 . World Economic Forum . 6 November 2015 . 20 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151020043847/http://reports.weforum.org/global-information-technology-report-2015/press-releases/ . live .
3. Web site: Kirkman . Geoffrey . Sachs . Jeffrey . Osorio . Carlos . The Networked Readiness Index: Measuring the Preparedness of Nations for the Networked World in The Global Information Technology Report 2001-2002: Readiness for the Networked World . 2023-10-22 . 2023-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231022223334/https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=5c86bb7161c817cef430839281657f10b169e51e#page=26 . live .
4. Web site: Global Information Technology Report 2016 (pdf) . 2017-07-27 . 2017-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170730063541/http://reports.weforum.org/global-information-technology-report-2016/ . live .