Digital Divides ─ The New Challenges and Opportunities of e-Inclusion

The digital divide refers to the social and economic inequalities that arise among populations due to inclusion or exclusion in digital resources. In the United States, for example, one quarter of the population is still offline. As the digital age advances, public policy officials must determine where the gaps are, and how to maneuver closure of these gaps. Divided into sections ranging from defining the issues, geographic and multilevel trends, stakeholder perspectives, best practices, and future developments, this book explores how governments can bridge the digtial divide.

Kim Andreasson has advised the United Nations since 2003, most recently in preparation

for the global 2014 e-government survey, which will include measures of the digital divide. He is a Managing Director of DAKA advisory AB, a consultancy, and is regularly giving presentations around the world on cyber topics, including recent events on the digital divide in Moscow and at the United Nations in New York.

Kim has spent more than 10 years in consulting, including as interim Associate Director

and a Senior Editor at The Economist Group where he co-edited the annual report on the Digital Economy Rankings. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Information Technology and Politics and is an elected member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies and the Pacific Council of International Policy and is a John C. Whitehead Fellow at the Foreign Policy Association.

Kim is the editor and author of numerous publications and reports, including one on the

digital divide for the Economist Intelligence Unit. His book, Cybersecurity: Public Sector

Threats and Responses, was published in December 2011 by CRC Press. Kim received a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude with Honors, from New York University and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.