The Latin American and Caribbean digital divide: a geospatial and multivariate analysis

被引：23
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作者：
Pick, James [1 ]
Sarkar, Avijit [1 ]
Parrish, Elizabeth [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Redlands, Sch Business, Redlands, CA 92373 USA
来源：
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT | 2021年 / 27卷 / 02期
关键词：
Digital divide; Latin America and the Caribbean; technology use; geographic clustering; theory; policy implications; INTERNET; DETERMINANTS; TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENT; DRIVERS; GROWTH;
D O I：
10.1080/02681102.2020.1805398
中图分类号：
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
This paper examines spatial patterns of information and communication technology (ICT) adoption and utilization and seeks to understand underlying reasons for the digital divide in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Five distinctive clusters of technology adoption and use factors are identified, characterized, and geographically mapped. Disparities in adoption and utilization in ICTs in 36 LAC countries are examined Using a Spatially Aware Technology Utilization Model, fifteen socioeconomic, innovation, business efficiency, infrastructural, affordability, and societal openness indicators are posited to be associated with six ICT indicators. Human development, civil liberties, political rights, urban population, and electricity access are found to influence ICT adoption and use in LAC indicating socio-economic, urban, societal openness, and infrastructural dimensions of the digital divide in this world region. For a sub-sample of Latin American nations, regression findings point to human development and infrastructural factors. Spatial bias in confirmatory analysis is diagnosed, and policies are recommended.
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页码：235 / 262
页数：28
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