Bangladesh’s indexing up position in ICT

Onthe way of Digital Bangladesh Bangladesh’s indexing up position in ICT .Bangladesh’s position on the global index for information communication technology (ICT) has gone up significantly, reflecting the government’s success towards achieving Digital Bangladesh by 2021.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has prepared the index, considering some key issues including market, political situation, rules and regulations, infrastructure, individual efforts, business and government’s approach to this sector.

The ICT index, the main theme the Global Information Technology Report, was released worldwide yesterday.

Published for the ninth consecutive year with an extensive coverage of 133 economies worldwide, the report remains the world’s most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of ICT on development process and competitiveness of nations.

Under the theme ICT for sustainability, this year’s report explores many and diverse links between ICT and sustainability, in all its dimensions.
China, which ranked at the bottom of the report’s annual rankings in 2002 (64th out of 74 countries) has now moved up to 37th place (out of 133 countries). India, too, continues to climb up the the World Economic Forum’s rankings and has now moved up to 43rd place.

Bangladesh this year ranked upward at 118 from last year’s bottom level position of 130 among 133 surveyed countries.

Five among eight SAARC nations got positions on the index where India was placed 43, Sri Lanka 72, Pakistan 87 and Nepal 124.

Sweden topped the rankings of the index followed by Singapore, Denmark, Switzerland and the United States at top five positions.

The bottom five countries are Chad, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Timore-Leste and Burundi.

The report sees most progress in Bangladesh ICT sector in the government’s initiatives to adopt information technology for providing efficient and better services.

The report also observed individual efforts as a major driving force for development of this sector.

The business environment, rules and regulations and technology adoption are also improving, the report indicated.

The report also highlights the key role of ICT as an enabler of a more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable world in the aftermath of one of the most serious economic crises in decades.