Kyrgyzstan

ICT4D resources on Kyrgyzstan

Quick Facts
Total population	5,496,737(July 2012 est.)
GNI per capita	USD 920 (2011)
Adult literacy rate (ages 15 and older)	99% (2009)
Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment	78%
Telephone lines (per 100 people)	8.90
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)	104.83
Internet subscribers (per 100 people)	3.60
Personal computers (per 100 people)	3.98
International voice traffic (minutes/person/month)	2.5
Internet users (per 100 people)	20
Population covered by mobile cellular network	24%

Source: ICT at a Glance (World Bank)

Country Profile (OpenNet Initiative)

Information and Communication Technologies Under President of the Kyrgyz Republic

ITU ICT EYE

General Resources

Country Profile (BBC)

Development Gateway's Country Resources

The World Factbook (CIA)

Resources on E-Co Hub

Hub for ICT Human Capacity Development and Central Asian partners deliver series of ICT capacity development workshops in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Over 50 government officials, professors and educators from countries in Central Asia team-up with the United Nations to enhance the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in support of development initiatives in the sub-region.

National Strategy Information and Communication Technologies for Development in the Kyrgyz Republic

The achieved level and problems with ICT development in the Kyrgyz Republic determine the necessity to move away from a one-sided policy of just developing communications and information technologies to the formulation of a nation-wide strategy to integrate with the world information society. Given already available technological opportunities, main policy directions could be the formation of the interconnect information space in the country, development of information resources, data bases, knowledge, and information infrastructure, which could be used by both state structures and the general public on the parity basis. This will evolve the development of the informational law, technological facilities, and organization.