Not all countries around the world have participated equally in the transition to the new global economy. The digital divide between developed and emerging-market countries is now more like a digital abyss. On many relevant measures — from the diffusion of Internet users to the number of Internet hosts — the vast majority of economic activity related to information and communications technologies is concentrated in the industrialized world.
The digital divide between developed and emerging-market countries is widening, with the vast majority of economic activity related to information and communications technology concentrated in the industrialized world.
发达国家和新兴市场经济国家之间的数字鸿沟在扩大,因为绝大多数的与信息和通信技术相关的经济活动集中于工业化的国家。