Internet literacy is an aid to economic development of low developed countries, LDC’s.

Internet literacy is an aid to economic development of low developed countries, LDC’s.

Definitions;

Internet Literacy is the ability to seek out information when necessary with the utilization of the internet.

Aid is the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a purpose.

Economic development refer to the bringing up of new technologies,  transition from agriculture based to industry-based economy and general improvement in the standard of living. Also from a policy perspective economic development is an effort that seek to improve the economic well being and quality of life for a society by creating and growing incomes and tax base.

Low developed countries are countries that is considered lacking in term of it’s economy infrastructure and industrial base. The population of a lesser developed country often has a relatively low standards of living due to low incomes and high level of poverty.

Internet literacy had help to developed economy of low developed countries as follows;

. Internet literacy is an essential part of economic infrastructure  , e.g electronic catalogs have a clear role in the communication between companies and their customers , video-conferencing and groupware application automatically change the way business are carried out.

.Internet literacy is highly efficient tool for transferring information , for example using email is cheaper than telephone calls , it’s leaves record and can be broadcast to many recipients in business sectors.

.Through Internet literacy , business and jobs has been created , economies have gained income , schools have acquired new pedagogical tools , NGO’s and pressure groups have exploited the technology to further agendas meeting the needs of the communities hence improving economic.

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