Malaysia is the top-scorer on the revised Connectivity Scorecard of 'resource and efficiency-driven' economies. With a score of 7.59 out of 10, Malaysia may well be regarded as 'knocking at the door' of the 'innovation-driven' economies. Consistency is the dominant feature of Malaysia’s performance.
Consumer usage and skills – literacy rate, gender balance of Internet use, consumer software spending, private use of mobile e-mail and mobile Internet
Consumer infrastructure - high broadband penetration (compared with other resource and efficiency-driven economies)
Business infrastructure – especially on personal computer penetration (top scorer) and hardware and software spending by businesses
Government infrastructure – e-Government ranking and availability of government services online
Government infrastructure – spending on software and hardware quite low
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