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Dubai has ranked 1st in the Arab world, and 5th globally, in the Local Government Online Services Index 2022 (LOSI).
Issued by the United Nations within its Digital Government Report, the survey is the organisation's assessment of the digital government landscape across all 193 of its sovereign member states.
According to its website, the report – informed by over two decades of longitudinal research – ranks countries using a combination of primary and secondary data collected from other UN agencies.
According to a tweet by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, the city also ranked first in the world in terms of its content standards, digital services, and institutional framework.
Berlin topped the global list, with Madrid, Tallinn and Copenhagen taking the second, third and fourth spots respectively.
The 2022 edition of the LOSI comprises 86 indicators relating to five criteria:
An earlier report released in June 2022 by the United Nations Development Program, and The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), had ranked the UAE one of the best-prepared countries to handle risks and challenges in the future.
The study took into account 40 nations, including seven Arab countries, revealing significant differences in the ability of each nation to transform when needed and their readiness to face risks.
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