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ITU-D Publications

This page features all ITU-D Publications released in 2024-2025. For ITU-D publications released in 2023, click here. Publications from previous years, can be found in the ITU-D publications archive.

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Measuring digital development - Facts and Figures 2024

ITU’s Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 offers a snapshot of the most important ICT indicators, including estimates for the current year. This year's edition shows that Internet use continues to grow, but universality remains elusive, especially in low-income regions. Furthermore, there is a lack of progress in bridging the urban-rural divide, except in the lowest income group.

Publication Date: November 2024

A systems approach to understanding national cybersecurity education capacity

This framework, designed to help countries understand and navigate their unique cybersecurity ecosystems, emerged from the recognition of the need for a more comprehensive approach to cybersecurity capacity development.

Publication Date: October 2024

Key enablers for 5G adoption by Asia-Pacific countries

This report proposes a framework for a comprehensive study of 5G enablers for ITU Member States in the Asia and the Pacific region to enhance understanding of each individual country’s readiness and preparedness for the next generation of wireless communication technology and to provide insights and suggestions for improvements needed for 5G mobile development and adoption.

Publication Date: October 2024

Greening Digital Companies 2024: Monitoring emissions and climate commitments

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) have collaborated on the joint “Greening Digital Companies: Monitoring Emissions and Climate Commitments 2024” report. This year’s report, now in its third edition, offers an in-depth evaluation of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy usage of 200 digital companies, focusing on corporate value chain (Scope 3) emissions.

Publication Date: September 2024

Digital Skills Toolkit 2024

This edition of the ITU Digital Skills Toolkit offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to support the ITU membership to create effective national digital skills strategies and policies. This practical resource offers actionable insights and examples, making it a valuable tool for countries at all stages of digital development.

Publication Date: September 2024

Global Cybersecurity Index 2024 - 5th Edition

This edition of the Global Cybersecurity Index features record engagement by countries and is our most rigorous yet. Each country submission has been independently verified for accuracy, against consistent baselines and definitions.

Publication Date: September 2024

SADC Model National Emergency Telecommunications Plan (NETP)

This report outlines strategies and frameworks aimed at ensuring coordination across all levels of government, with the engagement of private organization under public and private arrangements, and involvement of communities at risk.

Publication Date: August 2024

Collaborative digital regulation country review: South Africa's digital transformation and collaborative regulation

As South Africa adopts reforms to further strengthen its economy across multiple sectors, this country review presents the policy, legislative, and governance frameworks that are enabling South Africa’s digital transformation. It includes a review of key institutions and collaborative digital regulation practices, as well as common themes related to digital sector policies and frameworks.

Publication Date: July 2024

GSR-24 Best Practice Guidelines

Helping to chart the course of transformative technologies for positive impact

We stand at the threshold of a digital revolution with profound implications for the future of our societies. Recognizing the nature of advances in transformative technologies, we need to commit to fostering an enabling regulatory environment where innovation thrives while minimizing risks and maximizing benefits.

Publication Date: July 2024

ICT Development Index 2024

The 2024 edition of ITU’s ICT Development Index (IDI) shows that progress has been made towards universal and meaningful connectivity – defined as the ability for everyone to go online under optimal conditions, at an affordable cost, anywhere and anytime they need – with low-income economies showing most improvement.

Publication Date: June 2024

Azerbaijan digital skills assessment 2023-2024

The accelerated speed of Azerbaijan’s digital transformation journey goes hand in hand with a growing demand for employees with specialized digital skills. This assessment will serve as a valuable resource to inform the data-driven and targeted interventions needed to enhance digital literacy. The publication can also serve as a model for a more regular assessment of the digital literacy level of the citizens of Azerbaijan.

Publication Date: May 2024

Measuring digital development - Facts and Figures: Focus on Landlocked Developing Countries

This special edition of ITU’s flagship Facts and Figures series coincides with the third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. This landmark event presents a once-in-a-decade opportunity to craft innovative solutions that can unlock the full potential of these nations.

Publication Date: April 2024

National E-waste Monitor: Botswana 2024

This report examines the overall statistics of electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) placed on the market (POM) and e-waste generation in Botswana. Botswana is currently making efforts to improve the regulatory framework regarding e-waste - an Integrated Waste Management Policy has been produced - as there is no specific regulatory instrument dealing with e-waste management, including data collection, in the country.

Publication Date: April 2024

National E-waste Monitor: Namibia 2024

This report summarizes the outcomes obtained from the application of the international framework to measure e-waste statistics and from the use of e-waste tools as Namibia currently lacks the capacity to monitor e-waste quantities. Namibia faces two key challenges in terms of national e-waste recycling: large geographical distances to facilities and comparatively low current awareness among citizens.

Publication Date: April 2024

Benchmark of fifth-generation collaborative digital regulation 2023 – Global and regional trends

The second in the series 'Benchmark for fifth generation collaborative digital regulation 2023: global and regional trends' is the analytical companion of the 2023 edition of the G5 Benchmark. The paper highlights the trends and findings on the evolution of digital regulation based on the latest dataset.

Publication Date: April 2024

Policy brief - The affordability of ICT services 2023

The Policy brief - The affordability of ICT services 2023 offers a concise overview of the cost of fixed and mobile broadband baskets worldwide. It finds that relative to income, the ICT services monitored by the ITU became more affordable in 2023 than ever before. As a result, in 2023, 114 economies had met the Broadband Commission affordability target set at 2 per cent of gross national income, up from 103 in 2022

Publication Date: March 2024

The Global E-waste Monitor 2024

The Global E-waste Monitor 2024 is the fourth edition of the Monitor. It is an indispensable reference tool for both policymakers and industry that shows the position of the world in terms of the global e-waste challenge.

Publication Date: March 2024

Measuring the Emissions and Energy Footprint of the ICT Sector: Implications for Climate Action

This report compiles emissions data at a country level from publicly accessible sources within the thirty most emitting countries' telecommunications operators. Its goal is to unravel the emissions and energy usage patterns within the sector while exploring policy implications.

Publication Date: March 2024

Measuring digital development – Facts and Figures: Focus on Small Island Developing States

The Facts and Figures: Focus on Small Island Developing States report shows that the growth of Internet use in SIDS since the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS3) held in 2014 was higher than the global growth; between 2014 – 2023, the annual growth rate in SIDS was 8.4 per cent, surpassing the global growth rate of 6.7 per cent.

Publication Date: March 2024

Telecommunication networks and infrastructure resilience assessment in Haiti

Disasters have not only affected lives but have also caused extensive damage to Haiti’s telecommunications infrastructure. Addressing the aftermath goes beyond immediate emergency telecommunication assistance.

Publication Date: March 2024

Assessment of skills supply and demand in the digital economy in Nigeria, including digital skills

This report presents the findings of an assessment of current and emerging skill supply and demand in the digital economy in Nigeria with the view to identifying gaps, opportunities and detecting specific needs that, if addressed, can generate new employment opportunities for young people.