Information and Communication Technologies and the Global Digital Divide
http://muse.jhu.edu/demo/comparative_technology_transfer_and_society/v001/1.1rice.html
  peer-reviewed

Rice, Mitchell F.
Johns Hopkins University
2003

Abstract:

This article examines the global digital divide-and discusses conditions and circumstances that have contributed to its creation. An important issue this article explores is whether there is a convergence, absolute convergence, divergence, or relative divergence in the application and diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) between developed countries and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and if so, which of these conditions will continue.