a bit of news for those who like to look at global competitiveness by the way we are ranked behind new zealand, malta, qatar, uae, estonia, iceland. but better than spain, italy, portugal, china, india, indonesia, thailand
the sub-index for malaysia which is the worst is on infrastructure where malaysia is ranked 51st the best sub-index is govt readiness and govt usage where malaysia is ranked 11th on both sub-indices what does this say ? well, the govt are doing a great job... but the telco sucks ! Malaysia is ranked 28th, with a slight improvement in its overall score this year, and it places 10th for ICT readiness of the society as a whole. Among the main stakeholders, the government is showing the way. ICT plays a critical role in its Wawasan 2020 (Vision 2020) plan for Malaysia to become a high-income economy by 2020. *Seven economies in the Asia-Pacific region have been ranked among the global top 20 in terms of their preparedness to use info-communications technology, according to a new study.* In the 10th Global Information Technology Report released Wednesday, business school Insead and the World Economic Forum (WEF) praised the Asia-Pacific region, calling it "home to some of the best performers in the world and to the economies that have proven [to be] the most dynamic over time". Topping the regional performers was Singapore, which held on to its No. 2 position in the report's Network Readiness Index (NRI). The city-state, which lost out to Sweden by "a mere 0.01 point" difference, was found to have the "most conducive political and regulatory environment in the world". The other six Asia-Pacific markets which also made it the top 20 were Taiwan at No. 6, Korea at No. 10, Hong Kong at No. 12, Australia at No. 17, New Zealand at No. 18 and Japan at No. 19. Asian giants China and India took the 36th and 48th spots, respectively. China "leapfrogged" 23 positions since 2006; India, however, slipped five places compared to last year, the report revealed. Malaysia was singled out as the only non-high income country to be featured in the top 30, and its Southeast Asian neighbor Indonesia dropped 14 notches from 2010 to No. 53 this year. Vietnam occupied the 55th position and the Philippines registered No. 86 in the new index. http://www.zdnetasia.com/seven-apac-markets-shine-in-ict-readiness-62208373.htm?scid=nl_z_ntnd http://www.weforum.org/issues/global-information-technology http://reports.weforum.org/global-information-technology-report/ -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 and http://portal.mosc.my/
