Digital Divide Network

22.07.2003 The Digital Divide Network, a project of the Benton Foundation, examines the digital divide from many perspectives. The Web site offers a range of information, tools and resources that help practitioners stay on top of digital divide developments.

25.06.2003 Despite efforts at promotion, Internet usage by refugees remains woefully low. The recent World Refugee Week attempted to address this problem by highlighting barriers, which include inadequate infrastructure and high costs.

20.06.2003 The Philippine government's Integrated Distance Learning Program got underway recently. The program, which seeks to address the low quality of education among the indigenous population, will use satellites, computers, Internet and television technology for this purpose.

13.06.2003 The entire intellectual system of clans indigenous to northern Australia's Elcho Island is being preserved in digital form. The aim of the project is to capture the way these people interpret their surroundings and to give their culture a new lease of life

10.06.2003 Malaysia is set for a 20-fold increase in its ICT investment. With an aim of reducing the digital divide, telephone lines and Internet facilities will be established all across the country.