Who benefits from the digital divide? New information and communication technologies are seen as a potent source of advancement for many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and have increasingly featured as topics of discussion in international fora. Who benefits from the rapid rise of this issue on the international agenda? This article argues that the promotion of the digital divide as a policy issue benefits four major groups: information capital, developing country governments, the development "industry," and global civil society. Contributed by: Lyubomir Harizanov |
| | The eBusiness legal portal The Ebusinesslex.net project is co-financed by the European Commission - Enterprise Directorate General- with the aim to provide European companies, in particular Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME's) with a portal that offers information on all legal aspects of e-business.
The ebusinesslex.net portal provides a wide array of information and tools that help companies to face this cyber challenge. The ebusinesslex.net side has been developed by the Euro Info Centre (EIC) Network with the help of a selected group of legal experts that specialise in e-business. Although this portal does not constitute legal advice, it hopefully covers relevant issues with detailed legal information on e-business. Contributed by: Georgi Mihaylov |
| | The Public Voice and the Digital Divide The report deals with four basic questions:
What are the best approaches to address the digital divide?
What are the current barriers to greater Internet access?
What organizations are currently working on the Digital Divide?
How should groups narrow the Digital Divide? Contributed by: Georgi Mihaylov |
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