| Nowadays, the internet is all pervasive with virtually | | | | countries even poorer. The children are not able to |
| any country in the face of the earth being connected | | | | learn as productively as they could have should their |
| to the World Wide Web. As one can understand being | | | | schools or homes have the Internet. Thus, these |
| connected does not solve all the problems. Yet here | | | | countries initially have an educational disadvantage |
| one should remember that the amount of internet | | | | which in the long run means the whole country poor |
| users and the availability of internet technology is what | | | | economic growth (Perelman, 37).This situation indeed is |
| matters in the future development of the Hi tech | | | | essentially different from the past instance of |
| industry in the given country (Stephenson, 91). The first | | | | technological inequalities as it has been the case with |
| world countries of the USA, Japan and Western | | | | the electricity and combustion engine of the past. With |
| Europe have computers everywhere and a great | | | | the industrial revolution the European countries |
| opportunity to be involved in the development of | | | | received the increase in productivity when electricity |
| technology.Speaking about developed countries I would | | | | and gasoline if applied to machines or lighting allowed |
| like to note that 100% of businesses in the USA and | | | | the factories employ fewer workers while receiving |
| Japan have computers at the work place, while this | | | | the same productivity. The good lighting allowed these |
| number is 98% in Western Europe (Perelman, 34). The | | | | factories run around the clock, thus utilizing all 24 hour |
| amount of computers at home is also relatively high | | | | day for productive work that is impossible in the |
| with the figures of 45%, 60%, and 20% for the USA, | | | | underdeveloped countries. Yet still, much of the thinking |
| Japan and Europe correspondingly (Perelman, 34). | | | | and analytical work during the electricity and gasoline |
| The Less developed countries of Eastern Europe and | | | | time had to be done by men.Therefore, the |
| Asia although have computers at work and home yet | | | | underdeveloped countries in the past, I assume could |
| show much smaller results (60% and 10% | | | | compete with number of people employed and still |
| correspondingly).As for the Underdeveloped countries I | | | | receive large total output even with lower productivity. |
| would like to note that the computerization of such | | | | For instance the Soviet Union although technologically |
| countries is extremely low. Less than 10% of | | | | developed, still had a very inefficient agricultural sector. |
| businesses and 1% of homes have computers in the | | | | Yet, that country deployed a great number of workers |
| underdeveloped countries, with the absolute absence | | | | and large fields and still managed to receive large total |
| of one's own technology or productive capacity | | | | output despite miniscule yield per worker. With the |
| (Perelman, 36).Speaking about the implications of such | | | | advent of the internet, the communication, technological |
| digital divide I would like to note that it does matter in | | | | development and idea inter-exchange, let alone trade, |
| the long run whether a country produces computer or | | | | entertainment takes place around the world 24 hours |
| potato chips and whether it uses computers or | | | | a day. Many of the contracts are singed by the click |
| calculators at the work place.The | | | | of the mouse, while the world e-commerce totals for |
| under-computerization of the under-developed | | | | more than 4 billion annually. Even if the underdeveloped |
| countries does not positively impact their future | | | | countries manage to present a good product to the |
| economic development. The first world countries that | | | | market, without the information technology and internet, |
| are Technology intensive, yet have expensive labor, | | | | they would have a hard time searching for clients or |
| utilize the computer and information technology to | | | | distributors, thus increasing their costs to the point of |
| minimize costs and related expenses. By doing so, | | | | unattractiveness of their product (Stephenson, 93).In |
| they managed to reduce the overhead and make their | | | | conclusion I would like to say that the digital divide as a |
| goods very competitive on the global arena. The | | | | matter of fact, is a serious problem of the third world |
| underdeveloped countries that are low-tech yet rather | | | | countries and of those who want to help these |
| labor intensive have cheap labor as their sole | | | | countries monetarily with hopes to boost their |
| advantage that allows them to compete for the place | | | | productivity and economy. Without the sufficient |
| under the sun with the first world countries. With the | | | | internet access that in turn allows to increase the |
| advent of the new information technology, these | | | | education efficiency, work productivity and minimize |
| countries are no longer able to compete, because the | | | | costs, these underdeveloped countries are doomed to |
| first world countries currently start to drastically | | | | seclusion from the world largest economies and will |
| minimize costs and compete with the third world | | | | experience negative growth of their economies.Holly |
| countries (Stephenson, 90).Such difference in the | | | | Odom is a freelance writer working for - on line |
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