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UNCTAD-CSTD Benchmarking Tool
The ICT benchmarking tool was developed to provide policy-makers in developing countries with a useful interactive tool to assess their countries' ICT capabilities in terms of connectivity and ease of access and to compare them against those of other countries. Designed with a flexible and open-source system, the ICT Benchmarking tool allows users to configure the parameters to suit their specific needs. 
[www.unctad.org] 

World Bank ICT at a Glance Tables
 Searchable database with country background information(population, GNI per capita, and adult literacy rates), ICT infrastructure & access(access to fixed line and mobile telephones, cost of phone calls, and TVs sets available),computers and the Internet ( data on access to personal computers and the internet ), ICT expenditures(ICT spending in per capita and absolute terms and as a percentage of GDP) and  
ICT business & government environment(survey data on the effect of the Internet in business and government).
[www.worldbank.org] 

ITU World Telecommunication Indicators Database 
The World Telecommunication Indicators Database contains time series data for the years 1960, 1965, 1970 and annually from 1975-2002 for around 80 sets of telecommunication statistics (updated) covering telephone network size and dimension, mobile services, quality of service, traffic, staff, tariffs, revenue and investment. Selected demographic, macro-economic, broadcasting and information technology statistics are also included. Data for over 200 economies are available.
[www.itu.int] 

ITU Digital Access Index
The Digital Access Index (DAI) measures the overall ability of individuals in a country to access and use Information and Communication Technology. It consists of eight variables organized into five categories. Countries are classified into one of four digital access categories: high, upper, medium and low.
[www.itu.int] 

ITU Digital Access Index
[www.itu.int] 
The Digital Access Index (DAI) measures the overall ability of individuals in a country to access and use Information and Communication Technology. It consists of eight variables organized into five categories. Countries are classified into one of four digital access categories: high, upper, medium and low.
[www.itu.int] 

Information Infrastructure Indicators, 1990-2010
[www.infodev.org] 
The latest data broken down by region (Latin America and the Caribbean; South Asia, East Asia and Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa) is being used to define the indicators. The indicators are based on actual data and projections for total investment, revenue, infrastructure and traffic for the period 1990-2010.

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ICT for Development@ Development Gateway