great work from richard heeks on ict stats. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Heeks <richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk> Date: Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 01:04 Subject: Rich v. Poor Country ICT Statistics and Charts Online To: "richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk" <richard.heeks@manchester.ac.uk> Worldwide mobile, Internet and broadband data for 1998-2009 is now available online at: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/tag/ict4d-statistics/ Based on ITU data, this provides a compiled and cleaned-up spreadsheet of data; charts comparing technology penetration levels in countries grouped by income; 'digital gap' charts comparing richest vs. poorest countries; and 'digital lag' data showing how many years behind the richest countries are the poorest countries. Other items available at - http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/tag/ict4d-statistics/ - include Google motion chart visualisations of mobile and broadband data over time, and data on worldwide ICT4D expenditure and the Indian IT sector. To subscribe to the blog, visit: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/feed/ For source data, visit: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Indicators/Indicators.aspx Richard Heeks Director, Centre for Development Informatics University of Manchester, UK http://www.manchester.ac.uk/cdi