ABSTRACT
The digital divide is one of the most hotly debated issues of our time. The term also refers, however, to the divide in IT within countries, including those that are described as developed. In each context, the debate has turned mainly on the measurement of the digital divide and how best to overcome it. Meso et al. (2006), for example, have investigated the potential for good governance to accelerate the integration of developing countries into the global economy by means of policy-making regarding IT. According to this view, the impact of such technology on socio-economic factors is powerfully conditioned by the role of the state (a positive impact is perhaps best exemplified among developing countries in East Asia such as Korea, Taiwan and Singapore). Another paper from the same year is also concerned with bridging the digital divide. In particular, Kifle et al. (2006) investigate the viability of telemedicine in developing countries that lack a basic health-care infrastructure.
