Eighty-four countries have already been assessed as least once, sixteen of them at least five times by different organisations. Many of the poorest countries which have the most to gain from the information technology revolution have had no assessment activities to drive their planning toward e-readiness. FAO, ITU, IADB, May 2001. This report is part of the work of the Social Programs Division of the Bank's Regional Operations Department of strengthening the dynamics of access and of spread of technology for economic and social development. It studies some of the main programmes conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean to identify those recommendations for an action plan and future investments.
Special reference is made to Central America.
IICD Annual Report 2000 J. E. Andriessen. The Global Teenager Project mainly consisting of a network of students in developed and developing countries with the aim of shared usage of ICTs. It identifies areas requiring urgent action that needs to be taken by all to make the digital revolution a reality for everyone. It includes a proposal for discussion at the G8 Summit in Genoa in Italy in July 2001. A status report Mike Jensen, May 2001.