• World Information Society Report 2006
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Acronyms
  • Chapter One: A Summit for Building the Information Society
    • 1.1 The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
      • 1.1.1 The WSIS vision
      • 1.1.2 The World Information Society Report
      • 1.1.3 WSIS implementation between the Geneva and Tunis Summit Phases
      • 1.1.4 WSIS implementation in the post-Tunis phase
    • 1.2 Why a Digital Opportunity Index?
      • 1.2.1 Which composite index?
      • 1.2.2 Using an index to measure Digital Opportunity
    • 1.3 Conclusions
  • Chapter Two: Measuring the Information Society
    • 2.1 Overview
    • 2.2 Exploring the DOI
    • 2.3 Opportunity
      • 2.3.1 Access
      • 2.3.2 Affordability
    • 2.4 Infrastructure
      • 2.4.1 Universal service
      • 2.4.2 Individual access
    • 2.5 Utilization
      • 2.5.1 Internet access
      • 2.5.2 Broadband
    • 2.6 Conclusions
    • Annex: Methodological Note
  • Chapter Three: Information Society Trends
    • 3.1 Overview
    • 3.2 ICTs and Income
    • 3.3 Digital Opportunity around the world
      • 3.3.1 High DOI scores (0.45 and above)
      • 3.3.2 Medium DOI scores (0.30-0.45)
      • 3.3.3 Low DOI scores (0.30 and less)
    • 3.4 Tracking the Mobile Revolution
    • 3.5 Trends over time in Digital Opportunity
    • 3.6 The changing face of the Digital Divide
    • 3.7 Conclusions
  • Chapter Four: From Measurement to Policy-Making
    • 4.1 Overview
    • 4.2 Informing ICT policies in a complex environment
      • 4.2.1 The increasing need for information
    • 4.3 The DOI as a policy tool
      • 4.3.1 Regional comparisons: a closer look at Africa
      • 4.3.2 National comparisons: the case of India
      • 4.3.3 Monitoring regional disparities within a country: focus on Brazil
      • 4.3.4 Monitoring national policies for digital inclusion: gender in the Czech Republic
    • 4.4 Policies for Digital Opportunity
      • 4.4.1 Opportunity: Promoting Affordability
      • 4.4.2 Infrastructure: universal access/ service policies
      • 4.4.3 Utilization: broadband and wireless technologies
    • 4.5 Complementing the DOI
    • 4.6 Next steps: developing a policy matrix
    • 4.7 Conclusions
  • Chapter Five: Beyond WSIS - Making a Difference Globally
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 The Importance of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in WSIS implementation
    • 5.3 WSIS implementation
      • 5.3.1 Implementation in the WSIS outcome documents
    • 5.4 Opportunity
      • 5.4.1 Accessibility
      • 5.4.2 Affordability
    • 5.5 Infrastructure
      • 5.5.1 Fixed-line telephony
      • 5.5.2 Mobile communications
      • 5.5.3 Broadband
      • 5.5.4 Wireless communications
    • 5.6 Utilization
      • 5.6.1 Education
      • 5.6.2 Telemedicine
      • 5.6.3 E-networks for economic development and poverty reduction
      • 5.6.4 Cybersecurity
    • 5.7 Conclusions
  • Chapter Six: Towards an Information Society for All
    • 6.1 Conclusions
    • 6.2 Next Steps
  • Statistical Annex
    • Contents
    • Introduction to the statistical annex
    • Table A: List of economies
    • Digital Opportunity Index Worldwide, 2005
    • Table 1 Digital Opportunity Index 2005 – World
    • Tables 2 Regional maps and tables
      • Africa Regional Map of Digital Opportunity, 2005
      • Table 2a Digital Opportunity Index 2005 – Africa
      • Americas Regional Map of Digital Opportunity, 2005
      • Table 2b Digital Opportunity Index 2005 – Americas
      • Asia-Pacific Regional Map of Digital Opportunity, 2005
      • Table 2c Digital Opportunity Index 2005 – Asia-Pacific
      • Europe Regional Map of Digital Opportunity, 2005
      • Table 2d Digital Opportunity Index 2005 – Europe
    • Table 3 Basic Indicators
    • Table 4 Cellular Mobile Subscribers
    • Table 5 Mobile tariffs
    • Table 6 Information Technology
    • Table 7 Internet Tariffs
    • Table 8 Broadband Subscribers
    • Table 9 Broadband Tariffs
    • Table 10 Fixed Lines
    • Technical notes
    • Sources
  • The Digital Opportunity Index Worldwide, 2005