The global digital divide describes global disparities, primarily between developed and developing countries, in regards to access to computing and information resources such as the Internet and the opportunities derived from such access.

2023年7月5日 · These trends make it plain that policymakers should care about addressing the global digital divide, and pay attention to the continental differences that exist around technology access and...

2025年1月29日 · What Is the Digital Divide? The digital divide is the gap created by unequal access to modern telecommunications technology among different demographic groups and regions. This can include...

This report tracks global progress of digitalization and countries’ production and use of digital technologies, from digital jobs, digital services exports, and app development to internet use, affordability, quality, and more.

2019年9月4日 · Inequality will worsen unless the so-called “digital divide” – the gap between under-connected and highly digitalized countries – is not addressed, warns a new report released on Wednesday by the...

2024年9月27日 · “The digital divide is the gap between those who have access to and use ICTs including internet connectivity, internet-enabled devices and digital literacy skills and those who do not.” Conversations around this theme were already evident following the adoption of the UN Millennium Declaration:

2023年11月29日 · The concept of the digital divide was originally popularized in regard to the disparity in Internet access between rural and urban areas of the United States of America; the global digital divide mirrors this disparity on an international scale.

2025年1月22日 · The digital divide encompasses differences in both access (first-level digital divide) and usage (second-level digital divide) of computers and the Internet between (1) industrialized and developing countries (global divide), (2) various socioeconomic groups within single nation-states (social divide), and (3) different kinds of users with regar...

2023年5月17日 · This barrier is commonly referred to as the “global digital divide” and describes the uneven distribution of ICTs worldwide, creating an inequality of access to information and other resources.

2021年4月27日 · Digital technologies — from artificial intelligence to blockchain — have truly transformative potential. They augment human capacity, open new frontiers of productivity, and provide new...