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Azerbaijan
ICT4D resources on Azerbaijan
| Quick Facts |
|
|---|---|
| Total population |
9 million |
| GNI per capita |
USD 2,640 (2007) |
| GDP growth 2000–2007 |
17.6% |
|
Adult literacy rate (% of ages 15 and older) |
100% |
| Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment |
67% |
| Telephone lines (per 100 people) |
14.6 |
| Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) |
52.8 |
| Internet subscribers (per 100 people) |
2.5 |
| Personal computers (per 100 people) |
2.4 |
| Households with a television set |
99% |
| International voice traffic (minutes/person/month) |
2.7 |
| Mobile telephone usage (minutes/user/month) |
78 |
| Internet users (per 100 people) |
10.8 |
| Population covered by mobile cellular network |
99% |
| Fixed broadband subscribers (% of total Internet subscrib.) |
2.6% |
| International Internet bandwidth (bits/second/person) | 701 |
Source: ICT at a Glance (World Bank) 2009
Country Profile (OpenNet Initiative)
The Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies
General Resources
Development Gateway's Country Resources
The Economist's Country Briefing
Resources on E-Co Hub
National Information and Communication Technologies Strategy for the Development of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2003-2012)
The key goal of this National Strategy is to assist the Republic of Azerbaijan’s democratic development and to create favourable environment for the transition to the information society through the application of information and communications technology (ICT). It looks at the role of the state in building the information society and provides key principles of informatization. The ICT strategy also provides priorities and directions for: education; the social spheres; telecommunication; e-government; legislation; e-economy; information resources; ICT industry; and security.
(in Korean)