technology in development

Denmark came out top for the first time of a worldwide study measuring the most effective use of technology in development and improving competitiveness in 122 economies. Sweden, Singapore and Finland were ranked second, third and fourth respectively while the US slipped from first, last year, to seventh place in the Global Information Technology Report 2006-2007, published in Geneva by the World Economic Forum, WEF. to fifth places this year, followed by the Netherlands, the US, Iceland, Britain, and Norway completing the top 10 rankings.Countries from Asia and the Pacific continue did well this year, with Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and Korea occupying 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th positions respectively. India slipped four places to 44th and China fell 9 places to 59th.