What exactly are the digital and knowledge divides?
These two terms refer to the gap between the technology-empowered and the technology-excluded communities on our planet as well as to the lack of information transfers in and between these communities. The developing world and transition economies comprise the largest portion of the digital and knowledge divides. While global teledensity shows signs of improving – the number of telephone lines per 100 hundred people surpassed 1 in 2001 – on the other hand, the gap between those with and without access to the Internet continues to increase throughout the world.
