I just saw this quote in the report book distributed here at the Baramati conference:
"We must work towards the day when through the Internet, through distance learning, through cellular phones and wind-up radios, the village elder or the aspiring student will have access to the same information as the finance minister. Communications technology gives us the tool for true participation. This is leveling the playing field. This is real equity." -World Bank President James Wolfensohn, Prague Annual Meetings, September 2000 I wonder if the Reuters reporter who produced the story last week saying that the World Bank believes the digital divide is being bridged "rapidly" and that we shouldn't worry about the issue so much would reconsider his story based on this statement. Because if this situation hasn't been realized, then the digital divide is nowhere close to being bridged. -ac ------------------------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/ ------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
