A more detailed list of indicators is also proposed for more detailed research on readiness for measuring the potential for using ICTs in a development context. This is a significant task in of itself, for which appropriate methodologies and standards are still in the process of being developed, therefore, the Toolkit only makes some broad assumptions in order to arrive at this assessment. For this purpose, the Toolkit borrows from recent research undertaken in the industrialized world on quantifying the role that ICTs can have in mitigating energy consumption and GHG emissions and considers their impact on the developing world.