Statement on ICT for Development Speech at World Congress on ICT for Development

摘要：

1.Digital Divide During the first decade of the 21st century, we have witnessed the promise and perils of a new globalized digital world. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been the principal engine of growth and integration with cheaper, ever-more powerful computers; the explo-sion of the Internet and proliferation of broadband; the unprecedented spread of mobile telephony; and rapid progress towards convergence. New and exciting frontiers of growth and social interaction are opening up everyday, but this global digital age, while real, has touched only a fraction of the worlds people, so far.

作者: Sarbuland Khan

作者单位: Executive Coordinotor,Globol Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies for Development (UNDESA-GAID)

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2009 World Congress on ICT for Development(2009世界信息通信与发展大会)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 3-9

在线出版日期: 2009-09-10（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）