INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AS AN INDICATOR OF DEVELOPMENT OF A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
Present time the term «knowledge economy» is widely used to determine the type of economy in which the decisive role is played by knowledge and the generation of new knowledge becomes a source of socio-economic development. The emergence of the knowledge economy was predetermined by the rapid development of information and communication technologies. Therefore, different approaches to the of knowledge economy measurement define the level of the information-communication technologies development as one of the most important indicators. The state programs of infotelecommunication development support are an important tool to affect global rating of the country according to the level of development of the knowledge economy.