Developing Countries and the Internet

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This paper examines how Malaysia, India and the Philippines are dealing with digital divide, how Thailand, India and China are dealing with exclusion by language and how Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam and Singapore are dealing with cultural pollution. Through a comparative study, it shows the governments of the above mentioned countries are heavily involved in trying to do away with the negative impacts of the Internet that plague their countries.

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Chapter One - Introduction
Chapter Two - Literature Review
Chapter Three - Methodology
Chapter Four - Findings
Chapter Five - Summary of Findings, Limitations of the Study, Suggestions For Further Research and Conclusions
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From the Paper:

"Afemann begins with Internet hosts statistics from Network Wizards. There were almost 20 million hosts on the Internet in July 1997. The US gets about sixty per cent of all Internet hosts while the Third World is participating with a mere three per cent. The paper goes on to say that about 82.5 per cent of worldwide Internet hosts are in the G7-countries, which make up only about ten per cent of world population. However, the most populated countries of the Third World, namely China, India, Brazil and Nigeria all together make up only 0.6% of all hosts although they possess about a third of world population. In Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa, there were only four Internet hosts in January 1997."

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