2.1: The World Wide Web Index

[Develop a] multi-dimensional measure of the Web and its impact on people and nations.

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The Web Index will be the world's first multi-dimensional measure of the Web and its impact on people and nations. It will cover a large number of developed and developing countries, incorporating indicators that will assess the political, economic and social impact of the Web, as well as indicators of Web connectivity infrastructure. The Index will allow for comparisons of trends over time and benchmarking performance across countries, and should improve our understanding of the Web's impact on humanity.

Stakeholder(s):

• Google: Google has given the Web Foundation a generous grant of US$1 million which is being leveraged to seed this project.

Indicator(s):

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