| The Technology Index is derived
from a study of indicators in Innovation, Technology Transfer,
and Information Communications Technology (ICT). The areas
covered in Innovation include such topics as R&D spending,
patents, and tertiary enrollment. Technology Transfer
would cover areas such foreign direct investments as a
source of new technology while ICT would refer to school
access to the internet, enforcement of ICT-related laws,
mobile and fixed line telephones per capita, and number
of personal computers per capita.
The Philippines is rated favorably in terms of the
ability of foreign direct investments to facilitate
technology transfer, the prevalence of foreign technology
licensing, the E-Commerce Act, and the quality of competition
among internet service providers. However, the country
lags in terms of telephone lines per capita, internet
hosts, personal computers per capita, internet access,
and mobile phones per capita. The country is also rated
poorly in terms of technological sophistication, low
R&D spending, technology innovation at the firm-level,
low collaboration between business and universities,
low tertiary enrollment, low internet access at schools,
and the government’s prioritization and success
in ICT promotion.
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