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7 KPIs economy dimension – verifier guidance

The following section contains the indicators related to the Economy dimension.

Dimension Economy
Sub-Dimension ICT

Category ICT Infrastructure
KPI Name Household Internet Access
KPI No. EC: ICT: ICT: 1C Type: Core Type: Smart

Definition / Percentage of households with Internet access
Description

Rationale / This indicator demonstrates the access to information and technology connectivity
Interpretation / given that connectivity across regions and between countries is correlated to
Benchmarking economic prosperity, development and growth.
This in turn underscores a city inhabitant’s access to knowledge, data, news, and
communication to use for economic productivity, i.e., training, education, research,
business management, ideas exchange.
Data that include any household’s access via a fixed or mobile network at any given
time should be collected.
An increasing trend and higher values are considered positive.
Methodology Calculate as:
Numerator: Number of households with Internet access.
Denominator: Total number of households.
Multiply by 100.

Unit Percentage
Data Sources The data may be collected from the local statistics department or may need to be
/ Relevant extrapolated from national data.
Databases
Annual surveys of households may be another method for data collection to obtain
the percentage of households with Internet access. This percentage will then be
applied to the in-scope population.

The data may also be collected from local Internet service providers and
telecommunications companies.

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