Sri Lanka – Moderate performer but business infrastructure disappoints

Sri Lanka gains two positions to rank 16th among resource and efficiency-driven economies on the Connectivity Scorecard 2010. The country continues to stay ahead of neighbors India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Sri Lanka’s strengths come to the fore in the area of consumer infrastructure, where it reports high tele-density and respectable mobile telephony penetration. Business usage and skills are modest, mainly due to high secondary school enrolment rates.

The country’s business infrastructure is its key weakness, with low business investments in hardware and software, and weak broadband penetration. Sri Lanka also fails to impress on the government-related metrics.

Sri Lanka has long battled political unrest, which has had an impact on its infrastructure development. With that tremulous phase over, the country could now focus on more fully utilizing ICT for growth.

Sri Lanka Connectivity Performance by Scorecard Component