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Barbados beats Caribbean, Africa, Eastern Europest in Global IT Report
Barbados narrowly edged-out Puerto Rico for the highest position among Caribbean countries in the 2012 Global Information Technology Report (GITP).
Placing 35th out of 142 in the GITP ranking, Barbados was marginally ahead of Puerto Rico which copped the 36th spot. Both countries were given favourable reviews for their telecoms and information technology programmes.
No African or Eastern European country did as well as Barbados and Puerto Rico when it came to the availability of the latest technologies and the business and innovation climate.
The GITP 2012 Living in a Hyper-connected World is published by the Swiss-based World Economic Forum (WEO), an independent non-aligned organization that seeks to shape global and industry agendas.
It commended Barbados and Puerto Rico, arguing that their strengths outweighed their disadvantages.