Data is critical to our goal of connecting the world. It tells us where we were, where we are, what works and what doesn\u2019t. It is a key ingredient of empirical research for establishing correlation, determining causality, identifying good practices, and formulating policy recommendations.<\/p>\n
Since the advent of the Internet, data volumes have grown exponentially. And yet, reliable and meaningful data remain surprisingly scant, because producing such data is often complex, costly, and time-consuming.<\/p>\n
To enhance its offerings, ITU has released three new tools: an online\u00a0training course<\/a>; a new edition of\u00a0ICT price trends<\/a><\/em>; and the\u00a0Digital Development Dashboard.<\/a><\/p>\n ITU is responsible for setting the international statistical standards for ICT indicators. The\u00a0Manual for measuring ICT access and use by households and individuals<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0Handbook for the collection of administrative data on telecommunications\/ICT<\/em>\u00a0describe approximately the 200 or so standards maintained by ITU.<\/p>\n These publications are complemented by capacity development activities on the ground. To reach a broader audience, ITU is also creating several online training courses on ICT statistics. The first,\u00a0Measuring digital development: Telecommunication\/ICT Indicators<\/a><\/em>, is now available for free on the ITU Academy platform.<\/p>\n The cost of connecting to the Internet partly is one of the key reasons why some\u00a03.7 billion people are still offline<\/a>\u00a0and prevents many of the 4 billion who are connected from harnessing the potential of the Internet.<\/p>\n The\u00a02020 edition of\u00a0ICT price trends\u00a0<\/em><\/a>provides analyses and compares prices of key ICT services for more than 200 economies, providing unique insights on the status of ICT affordability.<\/p>\n The report takes stock of progress towards the\u00a0UN Broadband Commission<\/a>\u2019s affordability target for 2025, according to which entry-level broadband services \u2013 i.e., the cheapest data-only broadband mobile or fixed subscription available \u2013 should amount to less than two per cent of monthly gross national income (GNI) per capita.<\/p>\n The report features new measures of affordability that reveal vast disparities within countries: even where the target has been met at country level, services often remain unaffordable for the 40 per cent poorest.<\/p>\n As a complement to the report, a new\u00a0ICT price app<\/a>\u00a0enables users to compare prices of various ICT services across countries and regions and visualise trends going back 10 years.<\/p>\n ICT price trends follow a massive\u00a0data collection effort<\/a>\u00a0by ITU, its Member States, and the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI<\/a>).<\/p>\n Hidden data cannot create impact.<\/p>\n The Dashboard features 37 indicators related to infrastructure and access, Internet use, and enablers and barriers. It presents 10-year trends and comparisons with regional peers. A \u2018light\u2019 version is available for mobile and low-resolution devices, while two-page country profiles can be downloaded as PDFs. The underlying data can also be downloaded in Excel format.<\/p>\n ITU welcome your feedback and suggestions<\/a> on the dashboard. Your input will help inform their future data dissemination strategy.<\/p>\n Be sure to check out other resources such as the ITU statistics\u00a0website<\/a>, the\u00a0ICT Eye<\/a>\u00a0platform, and the\u00a0World Telecommunication\/ICT Indicators Database<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Additional links:<\/strong><\/p>\n Data is critical to our goal of connecting the world. It tells us where we were, where we are, what works and what doesn\u2019t. It is a key ingredient of empirical research for establishing correlation, determining causality, identifying good practices, and formulating policy recommendations. Since the advent of the Internet, data volumes have grown exponentially. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":45724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16595],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unric.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Developing statistical capacity<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Tracking the cost of connectivity<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Making data more accessible<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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