Enabling Institutional Environment as a Factor of the Information Society Development in the CIS Countries

Abstract

The article studies the key aspects of an enabling institutional environment for the evolution of the ICT sector in the CIS Member States. A comparative analysis of the achievements of these countries in ensuring ICT legislation improvement, property rights and intellectual property protection, judicial independence, competition in the local markets, optimization of the overall tax burden on enterprises. In the final part of the work the conclusions and recommendations for improving the enabling environment for the information society development are formulated.