Reducing One Aspect of the Digital Divide – Connectivity
Rahul Tongia
The digital divide, however defined, is a stark divide and a challenge for development and
technology professionals. Many groups and governments have recognized this, and the UN
devoted a global conference on this issue, the World Summit on the Information Society.5 It is
actually a manifestation of other underlying divides, spanning economic, social, geographic,
gender, and other divides.6 This note focuses on connectivity for developing countries, especially
Africa, even though there are divides within developed...
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