The paper highlights the tendencies of information and communication technologies in Russia based on the data of information society statistics. The authors analyze the factors of development of information and communication technologies, expenses placed upon them and the efficiency of their...

In the previous article we discussed the current state of the knowledge-intensive services sector and outlined its future development. The new survey by the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK) in 2007 allowed making a more detailed picture of these prospects....

The paper aims at assessing indicators and individual elements of e-government of selected countries in 2009-2010, and the interrelation of e-government with corruption in the public sector. The authors explore possible causal and dependency relations of the established interlink between...

Information and communication technologies (ICT) radically transform many areas of human activity thus attracting great attention of researchers. However, the dynamics of ICT development depends on the global challenges and broader trends that define long-term S&T priorities. What factors that...

The article presents a brief review of the existing statistical and sociological data on the use of information technologies in K-12 and professional education. Indicators from different sources are grouped by education level, so that a general understanding of the state of computerization at...

Authors present a brief overview of the main results of the international comparative study TEDS-M. Russian final year university students which were going to become qualified primary school teachers and math teachers demonstrated the results in mathematics and methods of teaching mathematics...

Based on the data obtained by the Institute for Statistical Studies and the Economics of Knowledge, National Research University - Higher School of Economics Olga Ozerova , Head of the Department for Statistics of Education, Institute for Statistical Studies and the Economics of Knowledge,...

The problem of leveling of the economic development of territories has become more important on the inter-regional level as well as in the region, in Sverdlovsk Oblast, in particular. The article considers the following procedures of evaluation of municipalities’ development that are used...

Effective management of social-economic development of the region is impossible without well-organized system of monitoring of its territories at present time. The problem of choice of optimal monitoring instruments is getting the more actual. Assessment of competitive potential of municipal...

Galina Tsukerman - Doctor of Sciences in Psychology, Leading Researcher, The Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Address: 9 Mokhovaya str., 119019, Moscow, Russian Federation. E-mail: galina.zuckerman@gmail.com Galina Kovalyova - Candidate of Sciences in Pedagogy, Head, The...