Knowledge Networks and the Internet

Increased access and more affordable connectivity to advanced ICTs and especially wireless and Internet services enhances the ability of development professionals and an increasingly diverse range of citizens of developing countries to access the world’s storehouse of information – the Internet. Proper management of the knowledge networks is required to ensure that the Internet will be a tool to reduce, rather than enhance, the digital divide between developed and developing countries. This way the world will be enriched as the exchange of information leads in all directions, that is, within communities, regions, and nations; within firms and industries.