Publications

The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual frame- work and relates the findings of the NRI 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyper connectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showing the efforts that two countries, Azerbaijan and Mauritius, are making to develop ICT and fully leverage their potential benefits. Part 3 comprises detailed profiles for the 142 economies covered in this year’s Report, providing a thorough picture of each economy’s current networked readiness landscape and allowing for international comparisons of specific variables or components of the NRI. Part 4 includes data tables for each of the 53 variables composing the NRI, with rankings for the economies covered as well as technical notes and sources for the quantitative variables used.