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Azerbaijan moves up in WEF ranking for networked readiness

30 March 2009 13:49 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Aynur Veliyeva â€“ APA-Economics. Denmark and Sweden once again lead the annual Networked Readiness Index ranking released by the World Economic Forum on Thursday.
They were followed by the United States, which moved up one position from last year, thus confirming its pre-eminence in networked readiness in the current economic slowdown, the WEF said in a statement.
Singapore (4), Switzerland (5) and the other Nordic countries together with the Netherlands and Canada complete the top 10 of a list of 134 economies worldwide.
Azerbaijan ranked 60th, up 26 places from last year.
The Report underlines that good education fundamentals and high levels of technological readiness and innovation are essential engines of growth needed to overcome the current economic crisis. Under the theme â€œMobility in a Networked Worldâ€, this yearâ€™s Report places a particular focus on the relationship and interrelations between mobility and ICT.
With record coverage of 134 economies worldwide, the Report remains the worldâ€™s most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of ICT on the development process and the competitiveness of nations.
The Report is produced by the World Economic Forum in cooperation with INSEAD, the leading international business school, and is sponsored by Cisco Systems. The ranking is available at www.weforum.org/pdf/gitr/2009/Rankings.pdf.