[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] data needed on ICT status in the world-urgent

[Robert Guerra]

On 31-Oct-05, at 4:23 AM, west wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Mrs. Ebadi, our CS opening speaker is preparing her speech, she  
> requested me to prepare these information for her, that she might  
> use it in her speech or use as a background information fro her  
> analysis. Would you please help me in finding these data. I need  
> hot data, like how many have ever seen a telephone or not seen a  
> mobile in their life, how many in the world ever seen a PC or use  
> internet. These sort of data is needed. If you also have other  
> interesting data, please share.
>
> The items that I need information on now are:
>
> 1- the budget for military expenditure of some developing countries  
> and
> their budget on ICT and other development infrastructure/education.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) military  
expenditure database
http://www.sipri.org/contents/milap/milex/mex_database1.html

The database on military expenditure covers about 160 countries and  
contains consistent time series for the period since 1988. SIPRI  
military expenditure data are based on open sources only, including a  
SIPRI questionnaire, which is sent out annually to all countries  
included in the database. Collected data are processed to achieve  
consistent time series and as far as possible in accordance with the  
SIPRI definition of military expenditure.


Map & Graph: Military: Expenditures - Percent of GDP
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/mil_exp_per_of_gdp


> 2-some statistics regarding world situation on communication, the  
> important
> ones, such as how many have access or no access to telephone,  
> internet, PCs,
> etc
>

NationMaster.com, a massive central data source and a handy way to  
graphically compare nations.
http://www.nationmaster.com

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