Appendix B: Statistics for ICT
Description
- Provide statistics to monitor progress towards the ICT growth target;
- Redesign the ICT supply-side survey to meet OECD standards;
- Design and develop a "business use of ICT" survey to measure demand;
- Design and develop an ISP survey. No regular statistics are currently collected for ISPs in New Zealand;
- Design and develop a "household use of ICT" survey to measure use of ICT by households;
- Design and develop a "Government use of ICT" survey to measure use of ICT by the Government;
- Prepare an annual publication of all ICT statistics;
- Prepare ICT satellite accounts to provide an integrated picture of the supply and use of ICT goods & services, the use of ICT resources and the value added by the ICT industry.
Issue(s) Addressed
- The ICT Taskforce placed high priority on the need for improved alignment and timeliness of ICT statistics for two reasons:
- to track the growth of the ICT sector and identify gaps, issues and growth opportunities; and
- to convey internationally a more complete picture of the New Zealand ICT sector e.g. in OECD data
- Improved ICT sector statistics will use internationally accepted templates designed to collect information to give policy-makers a good basis to assess the importance of the sector and changes over time, and will assist in-depth evaluation of the GIFICT sector strategy.
Agencies Involved
Timeline
- The first annual ICT publication will be released in 2005/2006
- ICT satellite accounts will be under development from 2003/2004 -2005/2006
- The remaining ICT statistic initiatives will be developed in 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 and the first surveys will be conducted in 2004/2005 onwards
Total Cost (Over Four Years)
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