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Title:
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DIGITAL DIVIDE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: LIBYA AS A CASE STUDY |
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Author(s):
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Khamis Faraj Alarabi |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-78-2 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2009 |
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Edition:
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2 |
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Keywords:
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Digital divide, DOI, ICT. |
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Type:
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Poster/Demonstration |
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First Page:
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291 |
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Last Page:
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293 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Countries world wide complain at least of one kind of Digital divide aspects, developing countries in particular still complain of many. In this paper, Libya as a developing country, has been chosen as a case study. DOI as a measurement tool for ICT penetration was applied for Libya during the years 2004-2007 and it scored 0.97, 0.4 and 0.07 for the year 2007 for sub-indices Opportunity, Infrastructure and usage respectively [1]. This paper is focused mainly on the usage area of IT in Libya and an attempt has been made to highlight the reasons that have restricted the use of internet Libya to mere 4.3% of population. Information on the use of Internet across the country has been gathered through a questionnaire distributed on-line to ICT specialists. The summarized results are presented at the end of the paper. |
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