W(h)ither the digital divide?

Info

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 15-24

  Fink, Carsten ^a   Kenny, Charles J ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Digital communication systems; Internet; Telecommunications; User studies

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 18244407378     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690310507180     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Africa Internet Forum (1999), Economic Internet Toolkit for African Policy Makers, World Bank, Washington, DC
2. Choudhury, S. and Wolf, S. (2002), "Use of ICTs and economic performance of small and medium scale enterprises in East Africa", paper presented at the WIDER Conference on the New Economy in Development, Helsinki, 10-11 May
3. Fink, C., Mattoo, A. and Neagu, I.C. (2002a), "Assessing the role of communications costs in international trade", mimeo, The World Bank, Washington, DC
4. Fink, C., Mattoo, A. and Rathindran, R. (2002b), "An assessment of telecommunications reform in developing countries", World Bank Policy Research Paper, No. 2909
5. Forestier, E., Grace, J. and Kenny, C. (2002), "Can information and telecommunications technologies be pro-poor?", Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 26 No. 11, pp. 623-646
6. Freund, C. and Weinhold, D. (2000), "On the effect of the Internet on international trade", International Finance Discussion Paper, No. 693, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
7. Freund, C. and Weinhold, D. (2002), "The Internet and international trade in services", mimeo, World Bank, Washington, DC
8. Gallup Org. (1996), "The Gallup India survey report", available at: www.gallup.com/poll/specialreports/pollsummaries/india_96_index.asp
9. Grace, J. and Kenny, C. (2001), "A short review of information and communications technologies and basic education in LDCs", mimeo, World Bank, Washington, DC
10. Heeks, R. and Kenny, C. (2001), "Is the Internet a technology of convergence or divergence?", Mimeo, World Bank, Washington, DC
11. International Telecommunications Union (ITU) (2001), World Telecommunications Development Report, ITU, Geneva
12. Jipp, A. (1963), "Wealth of nations and telephone density", Telecommunications Journal, July, pp. 199-201
13. Joseph, K. (2002), "Growth of ICT and ICT for development: Realities and myths from the Indian experience", paper presented at the WIDER Conference on The New Economy in Development, Helsinki, 10-11 May
14. Kenny, C. (2001), "Prioritizing countries for assistance to overcome the digital divide", Communications and Strategies, First Quarter, Vol. 41
15. Kenny, C. (2002a), "Should we try to bridge the global digital divide?", info, Vol. 4 No. 3
16. Kenny, C. (2002b), "Everything that matters is converging, why are we so worried about income?", mimeo, World Bank, Washington, DC
17. Kenny, C. (2003), "The Internet and economic growth in less-developed countries: A case of managing expectations?", Oxford Development Studies, Vol. 31 No. 1
18. Kirkman, G., Cornelius, P., Sachs, J. and Schwab, K. (2002), The Global Information Technology Report 2001-2002, Oxford University Press, New York, NY
19. Kolko, J. (2002), "Silicon mountains, silicon molehills: Geographic concentration and convergence of Internet industries in the US", Information Economics and Policy, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 211-232
20. Leamer, E.E. and Storper, M. (2001), "The economic geography of the Internet age", Working Paper No. 8450, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA
21. Myers, D. (2002), "Does economic growth improve human morale?", Quarterly Newsletter of the Center for a New American Dream, available at: www.newdream.org
22. Negroponte, N. (1998), "One room schools", Wired, (accessed on 6 September)
23. Primo Braga, C.A. (1998), "Inclusion of exclusion?", The Unesco Courier, December
24. Pritchett, L. (1997), "Divergence big time", Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 3-17
25. Röller, J. and Waverman, L. (1994), "Impact of telecommunications infrastructure on economic growth and development", ICCP draft working paper, OECD, Paris
26. Thierer, A. (2000), "How free computers are filling the digital divide", Backgrounder, No. 1361, April 20
27. Venables, A.J. (2001), "Geography and international inequalities: The impact of new technologies", paper presented at Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, Washington, DC, May 1-2
28. Warschauer, M. (2002), "Reconceptualizing the digital divide", First Monday, Vol. 7 No. 7 available at: www.firstmonday.org
29. Wilson, E. and Rodriguez, F. (1999), Are Poor Countries Losing the Internet Revolution?, report prepared for infoDev, The World Bank, Washington, DC
30. World Bank (2000), The Networking Revolution: Opportunities and Challenges, The World Bank, Washington, DC
31. World Bank (2002), World Development Indicators 2002, World Bank, Washington, DC