I wouldn't like to have our political "statement" focused exclusively or almost exclusively in the DD issue. ITC could be a great tool for development, but it must be kept as a tool. If we talk all the time about the DD we can miss the point. We must give an answer and an opportunity to the disadvantaged people in the world, and this could be through the ITC tools (sometimes). I agree with Yacine in this point. If we use DD as a shorthand, we are thinking about the problem of the Social Divide in an extremely simple way. In the LDCs each dollar that we expend must be used carefully, and we must try to foster the development process. Sure, we need the ICT's to attain this goal, but as a mean.
Luis Eliecer John Lawrence wrote: >To Yacine: It is hard to disagree with your pithily expressed >frustration, or sharp definition of the social schisms underlying the >'digital divide' (DD).... however I would suggest there is some >political utility in keeping these two words as a sort of quick >shorthand.. ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, an NGO that is a GKP member*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
