Figure 2: Breakdown of the 2016 NRI for select Caribbean countries into their constituent sub-indices (Source: WEF)<\/p><\/div>\n
Similar to previous years, and for each country (or economy) examined, the GITR provides a comprehensive account of the results for all indicators assessed. Hence, countries can refer to those indicators and the scores they received to guide policies and initiatives they might wish to develop, which can improve their network readiness in the future. Table 3 highlights the greatest strengths and weaknesses of the countries in the Caribbean sub-grouping.<\/p>\n
Table 3: Select network readiness strength and weaknesses of Caribbean\/CARICOM countries included in the 2016 GITR (Source: WEF)<\/p><\/div>\n
Final thoughts\u2026<\/h3>\n
Having reviewed and reported on the NRI results over the past six years, the absence of Suriname and Barbados (in particular) in this year\u2019s exercise was felt.\u00a0The report indicated that those two countries had been excluded from\u00a0the GITR 2016\u00a0consistent with\u00a0The Global Competitiveness Report 2015\u20132016<\/em>. Hopefully in the next edition of those two reports, the countries invited to participate will\u00a0do so, as not only do we all benefit from the insights such assessment share, but the countries also can better examine\u00a0their own performance, along with their perceived strengthens and weaknesses, in\u00a0a global\u00a0context.<\/p>\nIt was also interesting to note that although the enabling environment and infrastructure might be relatively good among the countries examined, they are still challenged to harness the technology, evidenced by the lower scores received under the Usage and Impact sub-indices. It may thus be prudent for Caribbean policymakers and business leaders to consider the extent to which their organisations, and by extension their countries, are truly leveraging ICT and the Internet, in order to transition to digital societies.<\/p>\n
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