Download Baseline knowledge about ICT in Nepal

Baseline knowledge about ICT in
Nepal
Rohan Samarajiva
Nagarkot, 28-31 March 2015
This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre, Canada and UKaid from the Department for International Development, UK.
Internet Ecosystem: All elements are important
Infrastructure
Content/
Applications
Devices
Users
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How can we find data on the components?
• Because telecom (underlying infrastructure of the
Internet) is regulated, possible to obtain supply-side
data from the government (sector regulator  ITU)
and small number of suppliers ( GSMA)
– More details tomorrow
• Government collects a lot of data
• Some market research is also published
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Comparative data
Bangladesh
GDP per
capita
(OER)/USD
Population
(’000)
Literacy rate
adult (15 and
above) %
Secondary
school
enrolment %
net
Secondary
school
enrolment %
gross
Tertiary
school
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enrolment %
Cambodia
Myanmar
Nepal
Sri Lanka
985
1167
1,156
730
3,212
142,319
13,396
51,419
26,494
20,360
58.6
80.7
93
57
89.9
48
38
47
60
85
54
45
50
67
13
16
14
14
99
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Comparative data
Bangladesh
GDP per capita
(OER)/USD
Population
(’000)
5
Cambodia
Myanmar
Nepal
Sri Lanka
985
1167
1,156
730
3,212
142,319
13,396
51,419
26,494
20,360
Internet
subscriptions
(2014)
43,642,000
99,785
5,305,485
Internet
subscriptions
per 100
30.7
3.8
26.1
Households
with Internet
access at
home (%)
4.6
5.6
10.9
5.5
2.2
Comparative data
Bangladesh
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Cambodia
Myanmar
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Internet users
per 100- ITU
method (2013)
6.5
6.0
1.2
13.3
21.9
Internet users
per 100LIRNEasia
method (2013)
6.5
6.0
13.6
13.3
34.8
International
Internet
bandwidth bits
per Internet user
3,984
9,301
26,199
2,434
4,964
International
Internet
bandwidth bits
per Internet user
adjusted to
LIRNEasia
Internet user
numbers (2013)
3,984
9,301
2,312
2,434
3,124
Comparative data: Nepal is highest among
peers in one thing
Bangladesh
Population (’000)
Facebook users
(2014), millions
Cambodia
Myanmar
Nepal
Sri Lanka
142,319
13,396
51,419
26,494
20,360
9.8
1.88
2.8
4
2.4
6.89
14.03
5.45
15.10
11.79
Facebook users
per 100
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Nepal is only S Asian country where Facebook
users > Internet users
Population
(‘000s)
Internet users,
ITU est. (‘000s)
Internet
users/100
pop
Facebook
users ('000)
Facebook
Internet userusers/100 pop Fb user ('000)
Philippin
es
92,338
34,165
37.0
38,000
41
-3,835
Thailand
65,479
18,950
28.9
30,000
46
-11,050
Sri Lanka
20,271
4,439
21.9
2,400
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2,039
Indonesia
237,641
37,595
15.8
70,000
29
-32,405
1,210,855
182,839
15.1
110,000
9
72,839
Pakistan
197,361
21,512
10.9
16,200
8
5,312
Banglade
sh
156,887
10,198
6.5
9,600
6
598
Myanmar
51,419
617
1.2
2,000
4
-1,383
Nepal
26,494
3,524
13.3
4,000
15
-476
India
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Mostly not surprising
• Correlated with wealth and literacy
• Not correlated with median age, but that can be
explained
Median age of
population
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24.3
24.1
27.9
22.9
31
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Any other interesting conclusions?
• Nepal being high on Facebook/100: Good?
• Any others?
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Composite indices
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Myanmar
Nepal
Sri Lanka
Inward FDI
Attraction Index
(2011) - out of a
possible 189
144
65
133
175
159
Doing business
index (2014) - out
of a possible 189
173
135
177
108
99
Network Readiness
Index (2013) - out
of a possible 148
119
108
146
123
76
ICT Development
Index (2012)- out of
a possible 157
135
120
134
N/A
107
Knowledge
Economy Index2012 (KEI) - out of a
possible 145
137
132
145
135
101
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What’s the value of composite
indices?
• If you want to measure progress on Internet
access are the individual metrics adequate?
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What do we have data about? Where
can we find what is missing?
Infrastructure
Content/
Applications
Devices
Users
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