Barbados
Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean
Pillar scores
Pillar scores
DisclaimerStage 4: Differentiating
Technology embraced: Reduced gap, high literacy.
Skills and Literacy
3.82Stage 4: Differentiating
Cultivated: Schools teach, tech equipped curriculum.
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Usage and Adoption
3.62Stage 4: Differentiating
Advanced: Complex services, reduced divide.
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Culture Norms
3.63Stage 4: Differentiating
Enthusiastic: Open, innovative, motivated tech adoption.
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Civic Engagement
1.08Stage 2: Opportunistic
Volunteerism: Tech aids activism, accountability via volunteers.
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Stage 3: Systematic
Growing access, exclusion gaps.
Physical Infrastructure
3.05Stage 4: Differentiating
Convenient: Extended, reliable, majority covered.
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Access Enablers
2.74Stage 3: Systematic
Limited: Consistently lower access, ignored differentiation.
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Stage 2: Opportunistic
Initiatives in silos, limited support, no strategy.
Leadership and Strategy
0.81Stage 1: Basic
Reactive: No strategy, no senior support, isolated projects.
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Implementation Capacity and Systems
1.5Stage 2: Opportunistic
Outsourcing: Few skills, external help, partial strategy.
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Digital Public Services and Platforms
3.57Stage 4: Differentiating
Integrated digitalization: Centralized, redesigned, data-centric.
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Open Government
1.14Stage 2: Opportunistic
Reactionary: Limited sharing, key stakeholder input.
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Stage 3: Systematic
Established: Substantive digital laws, weak enforcement.
Data and Privacy
1.67Stage 2: Opportunistic
Regulate & forget: Ineffective legislation, no enforcement.
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Emerging Technologies
0Stage 1: Basic
No recognition: Tech not policy consideration.
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Fair Market Competition
2.02Stage 3: Systematic
Recognition: Licensing promotes competition, balanced prices.
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Cybersecurity
3.34Stage 4: Differentiating
Promotion: Budget support, growing practice.
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Consumer Protection
3.26Stage 4: Differentiating
Promotion: Functional watchdog, diverse licenses.
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Human Rights
3.93Stage 4: Differentiating
Resourced: Legal resources, intl. standards.
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Stage 2: Opportunistic
Growing tech: Digital finance, moderate tech business.
Business
0.33Stage 1: Basic
Adverse: Limited tech adoption, unfavorable conditions.
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Financial Services
0.34Stage 1: Basic
Emerging: Primarily physical access to financial services.
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Innovation Ecosystem
0.95Stage 1: Basic
Stagnant: Limited graduates, outdated curriculum, lack of engagement.
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Standards Of Responsibility
5Stage 5: Transformational
Advocate: Embedded ethics, evolving standards, proactive advocacy.
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Stage 4: Differentiating
Integrated IDs, digital wallets, accessible data.
Payments
3.34Stage 4: Differentiating
Differentiating: Decoupled payments, digital wallets.
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Identification
3.06Stage 4: Differentiating
Integrated: Govt-business linked IDs, data protection.
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Data Exchange
2.86Stage 3: Systematic
Online: Central data, info systems, infrastructure.
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Digital Rights Dashboard
Cross-Cutting Indicators
Stage 4: Differentiating
Clear strength in respecting and protecting digital rights with all key systemic elements in place. Minimal instances of rights violations.
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Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association
Stage 5: Transformational
Respecting, protecting and fulfilling digital rights through an integrated, cohesive national approach. Minimal instances of rights violations.
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Right to Privacy
Stage 5: Transformational
Respecting, protecting and fulfilling digital rights through an integrated, cohesive national approach. Minimal instances of rights violations.
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Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination
Stage 4: Differentiating
Clear strength in respecting and protecting digital rights with all key systemic elements in place. Minimal instances of rights violations.
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