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Rich-poor "digital divide" still broad, says UNCTAD

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL0669876920080206

The real digital divide

http://www.economist.com/node/3742817?story_id=3742817

2. In “Rich-poor ‘digital divide” still broad, says UNCTAD” article, the main
points are how the digital divide in rich countries compare to small countries via
the use of mobile phones and Internet. It focus on saying digital divide in rich
countries are greater than in poor countries.

In “The Real digital divide” article, main points are how and why poor countries
couldn’t improve digital divide. It focuses on poor countries and how big the gap
is.

3. The digital divide affects the educational outcomes of those in poor countries
in some ways. As it says in the article “The real digital divide”, fewer people in
poor countries than in rich ones owns computers and have access to the internet
because they are too poor. They have other things to concern such as food, health
care and security. So, in education, the use of computer is less than those rich
ones. Their knowledge are limited and the opportunity of accessing the World
Wide Web is not high enough. Teachers cannot use the advantages of ICT in
teaching and learning such as emails or blackboard.

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The employment opportunities may be affected by the level of access to

ICT. The effect of ICT on individual might be a reduced number of manual jobs
because the replacement of machinery and computers. This may cause an
increase in unemployment. However, the increase in level of ICT also gives the
opportunity to work such as programmers and ICT managers. The reduction in
time traveling as well as be able to finish works from a far distance by
introducing working from home methods. Videoconferencing, instant
messengers are one of those methods. With the increase of ICT, there is a de-
skilling or elimination of some office jobs.