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Wed, 04/07/2010 - 15:39
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UAE ranks first in MENA on INSEAD and World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report
Abu Dhabi, April 7, 2010 (WAM)- INSEAD, the leading international business school, yesterday announced the findings of the 2009-2010 Global Information Technology Report, a study which the School has jointly published with the World Economic Forum for the past nine years.
The report examines the key role of information and communications technologies (ICT) as an enabler of a more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable world in the aftermath of the most serious economic crises in decades. Of the fourteen Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries assessed, the UAE has once again been placed at number one.
This year's report again features the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), which ranks 133 economies by examining the correlation between ICT readiness and economic growth. Sweden ranked first in the 2009-2010 rankings, followed by Singapore and Denmark. Regionally, the UAE ranked first, followed by Bahrain (29th) and Qatar (30th). The UAE's impressive performance in recent years has been driven by a strong and consistent government focus on ICT as a key factor for its vision for the future.
The report examines the key role of information and communications technologies (ICT) as an enabler of a more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable world in the aftermath of the most serious economic crises in decades. Of the fourteen Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries assessed, the UAE has once again been placed at number one.
This year's report again features the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), which ranks 133 economies by examining the correlation between ICT readiness and economic growth. Sweden ranked first in the 2009-2010 rankings, followed by Singapore and Denmark. Regionally, the UAE ranked first, followed by Bahrain (29th) and Qatar (30th). The UAE's impressive performance in recent years has been driven by a strong and consistent government focus on ICT as a key factor for its vision for the future.
