The Global Digital Divide and Its Impact on E-Governance

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Author(s): Michael Howell-Moroney (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 20
Source title: Digital Literacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1852-7.ch010

Keywords: Digital Literacy / Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science

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As technology has continued to advance, a disparity in the diffusion, adoption, and utilization of technology has become apparent. This chapter explores the digital divide and the scholarly research investigating the factors which have been found to influence it. The major finding from extant research is that the digital divide is largely explained by variations in national wealth. These same variations also explain differing levels of e-government readiness and e-participation. The chapter concludes with a discussion of policy choices and dilemmas posed by the digital divide.

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