Networked Readiness Index

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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.[ citation needed ] 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]

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  1. "The World's Most Tech-Ready Countries 2015". INSEAD Knowledge. April 15, 2015. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  2. "Global Information Technology Report 2015". World Economic Forum. 15 April 2015. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. 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". Archived from the original on 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  4. "Global Information Technology Report 2016 (pdf)". Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-27.