Global Digital Divide
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2nd edition, Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, Idea Group Publishing, 2008
17 Pages Posted: 20 Oct 2008
Date Written: October 17, 2008
Abstract
Despite rapidly falling costs of hardware, software and telecommunications services, a wide gap persists between rich and poor nations in terms of their capabilities of accessing, delivering, and exchanging information in digital forms. This chapter provides an assessment of three computer networks that redefine the conventional definition of market value by allowing developing nations and communities (Brooks 2001) reap the benefits of modern ICTs: Global Trade Point Network (GTPNet) and Little Intelligent Communities (LINCOS).
Keywords: Digital divide, LINCOS, GTPNet
JEL Classification: 033
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