Measuring The Information Economy - ITU
Measuring the Information Economy –What’s the role of ICT in promoting innnovation?Scarlett Fondeur GilEconomic AffairsOfficer, ICT Analysis SectionUNCTAD, Division on Technology and Logistics(scarlett.fondeur.gil@unctad.org)Thematic workshop on “Measuring the Information Society: Challenges and Trends”, organizedby the Information Technology Organization of Iran, IT Strategic Planning and MonitoringCenter/Data Processing Company (Parvaresh Dadeha), I. R. IRANWSIS Forum 2015Geneva, Switzerland25 May 20151
UNCTAD Work on ICT4DThree pillars1. Research and analysis Information Economy Report Stand alone studies2. Consensus-building and collaboration Intergovernmental meetings WSIS Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development3. Technical assistance Measuring the information economy Reviewing national ICT policies Strengthening cyberlaw frameworks2
Collaboration within UN system and beyond UN Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) UNCTAD Vice-chair 30 member organizations Co-organizer of the annual WSIS Forum/WSIS 10 Review Lead facilitator of Action Line C7 on E-business Secretariat of the CSTD Follow-up to the WSIS Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development Member of Steering Committee Responsible for information economy indicators3
Core list of ICT indicators ICT infrastructure and access (10 indicators);(ITU) ICT access/use by households and individuals (12); (ITU) ICT access and use by enterprises (12); (UNCTAD) ICT sector and trade in ICT goods (4);(UNCTAD) ICT in education (8);(UIS) ICT in government (7)(UNECA) Definitions, standards, model questions Endorsed by UN Statistical Commission Continuously revised and extended4
UNCTAD - Information Economy indicators (1) Use of ICT in business and by business employees B1 Proportion of businesses using computersB2 Proportion of persons employed routinely using computersB3 Proportion of businesses using the InternetB4 Proportion of persons employed routinely using the InternetB5 Proportion of businesses with a Web presenceB6 Proportion of businesses with an IntranetB7 Proportion of businesses receiving orders over the InternetB8 Proportion of businesses placing orders over the InternetB9 Proportion of businesses using the Internet by type of accessB10 Proportion of businesses with a local area network (LAN)B11 Proportion of businesses with an ExtranetB12 Proportion of businesses using the Internet by type of activity5
UNCTAD - Information Economy indicators (2) ICT sector and trade in ICT goods ICT1 Proportion of total business sector workforce involved in theICT sector ICT2 ICT sector share of gross value added ICT3 ICT goods imports as a percentage of total imports ICT4 ICT goods exports as a percentage of total exports UNCTAD data available at unctadstat.unctad.org Annual survey sent to all national statistical offices,questionnaire at measuring-ict.unctad.org6
UNCTAD Capacity Building on Measuring theinformation economyObjective: Boost the capacity of national statistical systems to produceinternationally comparable ICT indicators Technical assistance Advisory missions Training courses and material Training of trainers Other technical workshops UNCTAD Manual available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic,Russian, Portuguese Current support from the Swedish International DevelopmentCooperation Agency (Sida)7
UNCTAD training activities Training courses already implemented Anglophone Africao Addis Ababa 2009 Francophone Africao Rabat 2009o Addis Ababa 2010 Arab-speaking countries (including in Africa)o Amman 2011 (with UNESCWA) Lusophone Africao Maputo 2013 (with African Centre of Statistics of UNECA) Further training in 2015 (Training for Trainers in Africa,regional training in Anglophone Caribbean) Advisory services and capacity building upon request Country workshop in Ethiopia 2014 Morocco request for 20158
Task Group on Measuring ICT and Gender (TGG) To introduce the gender dimension in current and possible futureICT indicators Members: ILO, ITU, UIS, UNCTAD, ESCAP, ESCWA, WISAT, WebFoundation, RIA, LirneAsia Activities and current status: Phase 1 - Measuring Gender and ICT: An Assessment, identifiedpriority measurement areas and made recommendations Phase 2 - UNCTAD-ILO-ITU study on ICT-related employment,available data and sources (enterprise and household/labour forcesurveys) Next steps: Development of methodological aspects - by measurement area, inconsultation with national experts (ICT household access &individualICT use, ICT-related employment, ICT business use &entrepreneurship, ICT in education, e-government)9
Task Group on Measuring Trade in ICT Servicesand ICT-enabled Services (TGServ) To suggest feasible indicators and make practical proposals on howto collect the data Members: ITU, UNCTAD, WTO, OECD, UNSD, World Bank, ESCWA Activities and current status: Phase 1 - developed a draft taxonomy of ICT services and ICTenabled services, feedback from various experts Phase 2 - drafted technical note (unpublished) with explanation oftaxonomy, recommendations on data collection methods, andmodel survey questions Next steps: Publish and disseminate technical note, explore pilot countries fordata gathering (interested? emeasurement@unctad.org),presentation at UN Statistical Commission10
Current challenges Rapidly evolving ICT sector, cross-cutting – need tocontinuously improve and update the indicators Lack of funding for ICT surveys Many ICT national policies and strategies in course ofimplementation, but often no official ICT statistics Coordination of the data collection between nationalagencies ICT incorporation into national statistical work plans Data availability particularly low in poor countries11
Current challenges Attention to ICT measurement in setting and monitoringdevelopment goals Information economy indicators could be relevant toSDGs 5, 8, 9 and 17. The Partnership on Measuring ICT for Developmentsession on “ICT Indicators for Monitoring the SDGs”,Thursday 28 May, 16:45, room M, ITU Montbrillant12
Thank you for your attention!emeasurement@unctad.org13
Phase 2 - UNCTAD-ILO-ITU study on ICT-related employment, available data and sources (enterprise and household/labour force surveys) Next steps: Development of methodological aspects - by measurement area, in consultation with national experts (ICT household access &individual ICT use, ICT-related employment, ICT business use &
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