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If this "digital abyss" is to be bridged, developing nations have the most ground to cover. But deciding how to use their limited resources poses a difficult dilemma. Malaysia offers but one example of the perverse choices that can ensue. In an effort to attract investment and develop its high-technology capabilities, Malaysia has spent more than US$3.6 billion on its Multimedia Super Corridor. At the same time, over 70 percent of the nation’s primary schools lack computer facilities, and almost 10 percent lack proper connections for water and electricity. The result is an impressive infrastructure not sufficiently supported by human capital.

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To bridge the “digital abyss”, developing countries have to decide how to use their limited resources so as not to make the same mistakes as Malaysia did, that is, its Multimedia Super Corridor was set up while over 70% of the nation’s primary schools lack computer facilities.

为了填平与发达国家之间的数字深渊，发展中国家必须去决定怎样用好它们有限的资源而不重蹈马来西亚的覆辙，即虽建成了多媒体超级走廊，但其70%以上的小学却缺少计算机设备。

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