Mobile phones and net access are helping narrow the gulf between rich and poor nations,
says a UN report.
says a UN report.
· The efficiencies these technologies bring has boosted development in poorer countries, said the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
· Mobile phone users in developing nations now make up 58% of handset subscribers worldwide, it said.
· But it warned that the digital divide meant that developing nations still lagged far behind richer countries
The big gap:
· Science and technology can drive long-term economic growth.
· the greater use of technology in businesses, schools and at home could raise standards of living and help people prosper.
· Mobile phone had become the standard bearer for these changes.
· In rural communities in Uganda, and the small vendors in South Africa, Senegal and Kenya mobile phones were helping traders get better prices, ensure less went to waste and sell goods faster
· Greater use of computers in small businesses in countries such as Thailand made staff boost productive,
· Net availability was ten times higher in developing nations. In 2006, net availability was only six times higher.
· Developed countries still had many more net users and since 2002 had the gap in terms of broadband users had widened.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7232264.stm
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