An index for cross-country analysis of ICT infrastructure and access

Hanafizadeh, Mohammad Reza; Saghaei, Abbas; Hanafizadeh, Payam

doi:10.1016/j.telpol.2009.03.008

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“…The correlation between the GDP per capita and the average ICT activity of the areas (administrative units) is lower than 0.3. Other authors found a correlation of approximately 0.9 at the cross-country level (Hanafizadeh, Saghaei & Hanafizadeh, 2009) and approximately 0.7 at the regional level . The correlation between the employment share in agriculture and the average ICT activity was approximately zero, and we do not report it in table B.1.…”

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A multiple indicator model for panel data: An application to ICT area-level variation

Ventura

Satorra

2015

Telecommunications Policy

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may AbstractConsider the case in which we have data from repeated surveys covering several geographic areas, and our goal is to characterize these areas on a latent trait that underlies multiple indicators. This characterization occurs, for example, in surveys of information and communication technologies (ICT) conducted by statistical agencies, the objective of which is to assess the level of ICT in each area and its variation over time. It is often of interest to evaluate the impact of area-specific covariates on the ICT level of the area. This paper develops a methodology based on structural equations models (SEMs) that allows not only the ability to estimate the level of the latent trait in each of the areas (building an ICT index) but also to assess the variation of this index in time, as well as its association with the areaspecific covariates. The methodology is illustrated using the ICT annual survey data collected in the Spanish region of Catalonia for the years 2008 to 2011.

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confidence: 86%

A multiple indicator model for panel data: An application to ICT area-level variation

Ventura

Satorra

2015

Telecommunications Policy

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“…Additionally, auto-correlation between indicators is another issue that could jeopardise model reliability. In some respect, the selection of data is based partly upon intuition and partly on subjective judgement, a situation not uncommon when building a decision support model [5,32]. A carefully designed indicator selection procedure of the model helps in making the model more concise and cost effective by avoiding unnecessary data collection costs.…”

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“…Components are assigned weights with the proportion of variances in the original set of indicators, and can then be aggregated using an additional or a functional nature. Weightings are used to correct the information overlap of correlated indicators, so as to ensure that the results are not biased [32]. The weighting methodology carries a value-dependent bias and, in some cases, weighting with linear aggregation causes substitution among indicators.…”

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Developing a Sustainability Assessment Model: The Sustainable Infrastructure, Land-Use, Environment and Transport Model

Yiğitcanlar¹,

Dur²

2017

Sustainable Cities

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Abstract:Measuring the comparative sustainability levels of cities, regions, institutions and projects is an essential procedure in creating sustainable urban futures. This paper introduces a new urban sustainability assessment model: -The Sustainable Infrastructure, Land-use, Environment and Transport Model (SILENT)‖. The SILENT Model is an advanced geographic information system and indicator-based comparative urban sustainability indexing model. The model aims to assist planners and policy makers in their daily tasks in sustainable urban planning and development by providing an integrated sustainability assessment framework. The paper gives an overview of the conceptual framework and components of the model and discusses the theoretical constructs, methodological procedures, and future development of this promising urban sustainability assessment model.

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“…The main argument of their study was that a parametric index approach may be preferable to non-parametric indices. Hanafizadeh, Saghaei, and Hanafizadeh (2009) argued that the most important factor for measuring and analyzing the divide between countries is ICT infrastructure and access; thus, they devised an index for the cross-country analysis of ICT infrastructure and access. They compared their results with well-known indices such as the DAI, the DOI, and the NRI.…”

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“…Unlike other studies concerning alternatives for globally recommended indices, which resulted in additional index-based rankings (such as Emrouznejad et al, 2010;Hanafizadeh et al, 2009), ELECTRE MLO is the only alternative approach that deeply addresses the comparability between countries and reveals corresponding BMs. The question is what makes this method a "decent" alternative to commonly used CIs approach.…”

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Benchmarking the digital divide using a multi-level outranking framework: Evidence from EBRD countries of operation

Petrović

Bojković

Anić

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Government Information Quarterly

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An index for cross-country analysis of ICT infrastructure and access

Cited by 78 publications

References 18 publications

A multiple indicator model for panel data: An application to ICT area-level variation

A multiple indicator model for panel data: An application to ICT area-level variation

Developing a Sustainability Assessment Model: The Sustainable Infrastructure, Land-Use, Environment and Transport Model

Benchmarking the digital divide using a multi-level outranking framework: Evidence from EBRD countries of operation

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