World Bank Estimates the level of ICT Use in Industry of Azerbaijan

The World Bank (WB) will begin its assessment of the level of information technologies in Azerbaijan, including the industrial sector, as well as the skills of workers using ICT. According to the State Statistics Committee, in 2013 only 57% of existing enterprises in the country used computers.

While on a visit to Baku WB mission met on November 3rd the Vice Chairman of SSC Yusif Yusifov.

Evaluation of the use of ICT in Azerbaijan will be held on the joint criteria of McKinsey and the World Bank "readiness index space." This involves not only the use of public official data, but surveys and interviews. The purpose of a short assessment of the situation is the detection of opportunities and barriers to the development of production in the field of ICT training needs.

In 2005-2007, in Mingachevir was commissioned plant Kur for production of electronic devices, including computers. In 2007 there were produced 120,000 monitors. Later, the company virtually halted production. Acted as other assembly plant computer equipment.

At the beginning of this year, the number of computers used in plants grew in comparison to the previous year by 11.2%. Computers are used in 11,500 enterprises. Thus, according to SSC in these enterprises have access to the Internet 172 700 people, which is 16.4% more than in 2012.

According to the committee, in the first half of this year, production of computers and so on. Electronic equipment decreased by 26.7%.

In 2013, Azerbaijan commercially imported ICT goods worth a total of about $ 260 million. That was 18.8% less than in 2012. --08D--