Monitoring indicators of the IT resources of the Russian regions

Abstract

The report considers forming of the indicator methods of the Russian regions information technology resources estimation and the comparative analysis of theirs condition, level and development tendencies. Authors develop the resource approach to formation of the multilevel indicators system on the basis of generalization of theoretical development in this area along with the international practices and domestic experience, which allows estimating the range and the consequences of the use of the information-communication technologies as a source of the economical and social transformations. The efficiency of the regional policy in the field of informatization can be evaluated by the integral information index considering key parameters of such kinds of resources as hardware, software, IT-services level and telecommunication technologies deployment. The report also contains the results of the estimation and comparative analysis of the information technology resources in the regions of Russia. Aforementioned results are based on the statistics of the significant sample of objects over the 2003-2005 years period.