Human Development index and Informatisation of Society in CIS

• Authors: Irina Rodionova , Anastasia Gordeeva
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Knowledge and know-how of calculation methods of indicators and indices allow to evaluate, compare and correlate if not fully then to a considerable extent the situation in different countries and regions of the world. Moreover, in countries with "transitional economy" to which Russia and other countries of former Soviet Union are attributed to, the situation has significantly changed and it is necessary to adjust the directions and perspectives of development considering the changed environment.The article characterizes a position of Russia and other CIS's countries (Commonwealth of Independent States) on the international rating of Human Development Index and Networked Readiness Index.

Keywords

EN

network economy; information and communications technologies; Human Development Index; Informational Society Index; Networked Readiness Index; position of Russia and other CIS's countries

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 13
• Pages: 79-87

Dates

published

2010-01-01

online

2010-07-05

Contributors

author

Irina Rodionova

• Russian People's Friendship University, Russia

author

Anastasia Gordeeva

• Russian People's Friendship University, Russia

References

• Human Development Report 1997, Published for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York - Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 127, (
• Human Development Report 2001, Making New Technologies Work for Human Development, New York - Oxford: Oxford University Press, (
• Human Development Report 2007/2008, Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world, Published for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York, (
• Human Development Report 2009, Overcoming barriers: Human mobility and development. Published for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), New York, (
• The Global Information Technology Report 2001-2002, Readiness for the Networked World, (World Economic Forum -
• The Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009, Mobility in a Networked World, (World Economic Forum -

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10089-010-0006-1