Digital Divide: Determinants and Policies with Special Reference to Asia

M. G. Quibria (), Shamsun N. Ahmed (), Ted Tschang () and Mari-Len Reyes-Macasaquit
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M. G. Quibria: Asian Development Bank
Shamsun N. Ahmed: University of Dhaka
Ted Tschang: Singapore Management University
Mari-Len Reyes-Macasaquit: Philippine Institute of Development Studies

No 27, ADB Economics Working Paper Series from Asian Development Bank

Abstract: Access to new information and communication technologies (ICT) remains extremely unequally distributed across and within societies. While there have been a good deal of popular discussions about this "digital divide," not much is known about the quantitative significance of its various determinants. By undertaking a set of cross-country regressions, the paper finds that income, education, and infrastructure play a critical role in shaping the divide. Based on this analysis, the paper also offers some policy suggestions as to how to promote wider diffusion of ICT in poorer societies.

Keywords: digital divide; education; information and communication technologies; infrastructure; income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L86 O33 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2002-10-01
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