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Note: Indicators followed by an asterisk (* ) are measured on a 1-to-7 (best) scale. Forfurther details and explanation, please refer to the section How to Read theCountry/Economy Profiles on page 97

1. Political andregulatory environment

6. Individual usage

5. Skills7. Businessusage

4. Affordability8. Governmentusage

3. Infrastructure anddigital content

9. Economicimpacts

2. Business and innovationenvironment

10. Socialimpacts

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The Networked Readiness Index in detail

INDICATOR RANK/148 VALUE

1st pillar: Political and regulatory environment1.01 Effectiveness of law-making bodies* ..................65 ......... 3.7

1.02 Laws relating to ICTs* ........................................79 ......... 3.8 1.03 Judicial independence* ......................................91 ......... 3.3 1.04 Efficiency of legal system in settling disputes* ....92 .........3.4 1.05 Efficiency of legal system in challenging regs* ..105 ......... 3.0 1.06 Intellectual property protection* ........................124 ......... 2.7 1.07 Software piracy rate, % software installed ........107 .......... 91 1.08 No. procedures to enforce a contract ................36 .......... 33 1.09 No. days to enforce a contract ..........................11 ........ 285

2nd pillar: Business and innovation environment2.01 Availability of latest technologies* .....................100 ......... 4.4

2.02 Venture capital availability* ...............................106 ......... 2.3 2.03 Total tax rate, % profits ......................................11 ....... 16.4 2.04 No. days to start a business ................................2 ............ 2 2.05 No. procedures to start a business ......................3 ............ 2 2.06 Intensity of local competition*...........................123 ......... 4.3 2.07 Tertiary education gross enrollment rate, % ........82 ....... 27.9 2.08 Quality of management schools* ......................107 ......... 3.7

2.09 Govt procurement of advanced tech* ...............62 ......... 3.63rd pillar: Infrastructure and digital content

3.01 Electricity production, kWh/capita ......................79 .. 2,273.7 3.02 Mobile network coverage, % pop. .....................57 ....... 99.1 3.03 Intl Internet bandwidth, kb/s per user................40 ....... 52.9 3.04 Secure Internet servers/million pop. ...................73 ....... 25.9 3.05 Accessibility of digital content* ...........................71 ......... 5.1

4th pillar: Affordability4.01 Prepaid mobile cellular tariffs, PPP $/min. ..........15 ....... 0.08

4.02 Fixed broadband Internet tariffs, PPP $/month ..25 ..... 20.15 4.03 Internet & telephony competition, 02 (best) ........1 ....... 2.00

5th pillar: Skills5.01 Quality of educational system* .........................105 ......... 3.2

5.02 Quality of math & science education* ...............106 ......... 3.4 5.03 Secondary education gross enrollment rate, % ..81 ....... 86.8 5.04 Adult literacy rate, % ............................................4 ....... 99.7

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6th pillar: Individual usage 6.01 Mobile phone subscriptions/100 pop. ................77 ..... 107.8 6.02 Individuals using Internet, %...............................71 ....... 45.5 6.03 Households w/ personal computer, % ...............80 ....... 32.7 6.04 Households w/ Internet access, % ....................76 ....... 32.0 6.05 Fixed broadband Internet subs./100 pop. ..........66 ......... 8.7 6.06 Mobile broadband subscriptions/100 pop. .........91 ......... 8.5 6.07 Use of virtual social networks* ...........................66 .........5.8

7th pillar: Business usage 7.01 Firm-level technology absorption* ....................117 ......... 4.1 7.02 Capacity for innovation* ...................................118 ......... 3.0 7.03 PCT patents, applications/million pop. ..............66 ......... 1.2 7.04 Business-to-business Internet use* ....................92 ......... 4.6 7.05 Business-to-consumer Internet use* ..................98 ......... 4.0 7.06 Extent of staff training* .....................................107 ......... 3.6

8th pillar: Government usage 8.01 Importance of ICTs to govt vision* .....................88 ......... 3.7 8.02 Government Online Service Index, 01 (best) .....42 .......0.60 8.03 Govt success in ICT promotion* ........................71 ......... 4.4

9th pillar: Economic impacts 9.01 Impact of ICTs on new services & products* ....102 ......... 3.9 9.02 ICT PCT patents, applications/million pop. .......57 ......... 0.4 9.03 Impact of ICTs on new organizational models* .117 ......... 3.5 9.04 Knowledge-intensive jobs, % workforce .............69 ....... 22.2

10th pillar: Social impacts 10.01 Impact of ICTs on access to basic services* ......67 ......... 4.3 10.02 Internet access in schools* ................................62 ......... 4.5 10.03 ICT use & govt efficiency* .................................41 ......... 4.7 10.04 E-Participation Index, 01 (best).........................63 ....... 0.21

Rank Value(out of 148) (17)

Networked Readiness Index 2014 .............. 60 ..4.1Networked Readiness Index 2013 (out of 144) .................... 65 .....3.9

A. Environment subindex .................................................. 73 .....3.91st pillar: Political and regulatory environment ................. 97 .....3.42nd pillar: Business and innovation environment ............. 59 .....4.4

B. Readiness subindex ..................................................... 40 .....5.43rd pillar: Infrastructure and digital content ...................... 59 .....4.54th pillar: Affordability ........................................................ 4 .....6.85th pillar: Skills ................................................................ 78 .....4.9

C. Usage subindex ............................................................ 75 .....3.66th pillar: Individual usage ............................................... 76 .....3.47th pillar: Business usage ............................................. 110 .....3.28th pillar: Government usage .......................................... 55 .....4.2

D. Impact subindex ........................................................... 74 .....3.49th pillar: Economic impacts .........................................100 .....2.910th pillar: Social impacts ............................................... 59 .....3.9

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