WIA Report

A trade deficit, or a deficit in the balance of trade, occurs when imports are greater than exports. Over the last decade, there are 10 core countries that consistently account for around 75 percent of the value of world exports in telecommunications equipment. (more…)

Three quarter’s of the world’s national libraries have an internet presence. But of the 165 countries researched, a quarter had no working website. One-third of the working websites load in English, and over two thirds of the working websites offer english translations of the content. Experts estimate that at most 20 percent of the world’s population speaks English. (more…)

Over the last 10 years, nearly 10,000 civic groups in 152 countries around the world have asserted a digital presence. More than twice as many civic groups came online between 2000-04 as came online between 1995-99. (more…)

In developed countries, many people have Internet access at home, at work, at public libraries and at school. But in many of the largest cities in the developing world, exposure to the World Wide Web comes from commercial Internet access points and cybercafés. (more…)

Both China and India have booming information technology industries and claim some of the highest-rates of growth in Internet access. But in important ways, the information society in these large countries is highly concentrated around large, coastal cities. (more…)