LIRNEasia COO, Helani Galpaya was recently invited by the ITU to present LIRNEasia‘s proposed methodology for measuring Internet users of the world (WSIS Target 10). The current methodology measures the Internet users as a multiplier of the number of Internet subscriptions. At present, the multiplier is an arbitrary number proposed by national administrations. As a result, there is a wide range of unjustified multipliers even between countries that are of a similar status. The proposed methodology developed by Prof. Rohan Samarajiva and Roshanthi Lucas proposes the use of a mathematically derived multiplier, based on a country’s per capita GNI rank, in the absence of accurate demand-side survey data.
The proposed methodology was well received by the ITU and the country representatives present at the 8th World Telecommunication / ICT Indicators meeting held in Geneva.
The presentation can be downloaded here.
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