The Global Information Technology Report (GITR) 2006-07 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) shows how Pakistan's economy is performing and becoming stronger with each passing day, or the case is otherwise.
Networked Readiness Index (NRI) shows where Pakistan stands among 122 countries on key economic issues. The detailed performance of the government is given on year to year basis and it gives fairly a true picture of various sectors of economy.
THESE ARE: ENVIRONMENT COMPONENT:
=============================================================
Market environment 67
Venture capital availability, 2006 61
Financial market sophistication, 2006 53
Technological readiness, 2006 77
State of cluster development, 2006 55
US utility patents, 2005 78
High-tech exports 63
Burden of government regulation, 2006 54
Extent and effect of taxation, 2006 33
Time required to start a business, 2006 38
No of procedures required to start a business, 2006 79
Intensity of local competition, 2006 73
Freedom of the press, 2006 84
Political and regulatory environment 100
Effectiveness of law-making bodies, 2006 59
Laws relating to ICT, 2006 65
Judicial independence, 2006 79
Intellectual property protection, 2006 79
Efficiency of legal framework, 2006 89
Property rights, 2006 93
Quality of competition in the ISP sector, 2006 36
No of procedures to enforce a contract, 2006 113
Time to enforce a contract, 2006 106
Infrastructure environment 102
Telephone lines, 2005 100
Secure Internet servers, 2005 101
Internet hosts, 2004 94
Electricity production, 2003 91
Availability of scientists and engineers, 2006 78
Quality of scientific research institutions, 2006 62
Tertiary enrolment, 2004 104
Readiness component 83
Individual readiness 94
Quality of match and science education, 2006 85
Quality of the educational system, 2006 73
Quality of public schools, 2006 78
Internet access in schools, 2006 51
Buyer sophistication, 2006 67
Residential telephone connection charge, 2005 58
Residential monthly telephone subscription, 2005 89
High-speed monthly broadband subscription, 2006 96
Lowest cost of broadband, 2006 100
Cost of mobile telephone call, 2005 64
Business readiness 64
Extent of staff training, 2006 90
Local availability of research and training, 2006 83
Quality of management schools, 2006 71
Company spending on R&D, 2006 51
University-industry research collaboration, 2006 61
Business telephone connection charge, 2005 51
Business monthly telephone subscription, 2005 73
Local supplier quality, 2006 66
Computer, comm, and other services imports, 2004 43
Government readiness 80
Government prioritisation of ICT, 2006 62
Govt procurement of advanced tech products, 2006 47
Importance of ICT to gov't. vision of the future, 2006 53
E-participation index, 2005 62
E-government readiness index, 2005 103
Usage component 79
Individual usage 102
Mobile telephone subscribers, 2005 105
Broadband Internet subscribers, 2005 86
Internet users, 2005 83
Internet bandwidth, 2004 79
Business usage 73
Prevalence of foreign technology licensing, 2006 81
Firm-level technology absorption, 2006 85
Capacity for innovation, 2006 38
Availability of new telephone lines, 2006 89
Availability of mobile telephones, 2006 102
Extent of business internet use, 2006 50
Government usage 63
Government success in ICT promotion, 2006 46
Availability of online services, 2006 59
ICT use and government efficiency, 2006 63
ICT pervasiveness, 2006 84
=============================================================