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Acheive Primary Education for All

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http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/millennium-development-goals/lang--en/index.htm

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Acheive Primary Education for All

These millennium goals help raise awareness, A way to convince the population to stay in rural areas for more opportunities to create more job opportunities

to find the best out of their main asset, their labour. Enhancing the level of education in poorer countries will provide a better chance to improve country’s economy

in order for their labour market to depend on itself.

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Eradicate Extreme Poverty

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http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/millennium-development-goals/lang--en/index.htm

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Eradicate Extreme Poverty

These issues are quite Interconnected: once employment is available in the poorer countries, those who cannot/does not leave the country may still have a chance to work: this is the “right kind of growth” in order to reduce poverty in developing countries, hence reduce migration patterns.

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bye bye textbooks

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http://www.webresauce.com/10-infographics-visualizing-digital-education_50376

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bye bye textbooks

Education has become increasingly dependent on the Internet and digital formats - especially higher education, though high, It was an inevitable evolution

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Education index 2010

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http://econintersect.com/b2evolution/blog1.php/2012/06/19/mckinsey-global-structural-employment-problems-affect-tens-of-millions

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Education index 2010

The lowest median age is in Uganda at 15.5 yrs and the lowest level of education is Ethiopia at 2.5 years with a considerable size of working population. “Young developing” are mostly African and some middle eastern countries. “Young middle income” are mostly south American, the more advanced African countries, south Asian countries. "Young advanced income” are for the developed countries. The highest median working age is in Japan at 45 yrs and the highest level of education is in Japan at 13.5 yrs.

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world map of social networks

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: http://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-adolescents-use-social-networks-in-each-country

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world map of social networks

Internet bring new means of communication such as social networks or email. those who do not access it are sidelined and not taking advantage of these benefits to open to the world. 82% of the world's online population of 1.2 billion users now use social networks.

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consequences of digital divide

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48- http://suewatling.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/files/2012/02/logos-digital-divide.jpg

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consequences of digital divide

The Internet is rapidly becoming a primary medium for communications, commerce, entertainment and finding jobs. Future economic, community participation and political advancement for these disadvantaged groups may depend on access to computers, the Internet and broadband technology. Information on government services, health and education are also increasingly going online.

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Economic impact of the internet

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45- http://www.mediafuturist.com/2012/02/good-infographic-on-the-digital-divide-if-youre-reading-this-youre-one-of-the-lucky-ones-via-mashabl.html

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Economic impact of the internet

ICT has beneficial effects on economic development, nowadays ICT becomes increasingly strong determinant of growth, including the use of the Internet. If breaking digital persists, the development gap between the North and the South may get bigger.

 ICT, new keys to the information society, open broad opportunities in the areas of management, commerce, education and governance. So it seems that they can contribute to the development of disadvantaged regions.

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Willingness to work abroad in different regions of the world

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http://blog.iese.edu/expatriatus/2012/04/28/spotlight-international-recruitment-strategies-data-and-implications/

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Willingness to work abroad in different regions of the world

For african and middle eastern countries, people are migrating for better living conditions. North American, South American countries and Russia already have good living standards so they want to stay as opposed to working abroad But through NGOs, people, especially younger people have more incentive to work abroad for a short period of time.

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Reasons for not using the internet

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http://www.dialogo.us/dialoguenotmonologue/

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Reasons for not using the internet

The lack of skills remains a major problem because technologies become increasingly sophisticated and some countries lack the technical and economic capacities. That threatens economic growth and social development.

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Percent of the Population that Has Hi-Speed Internet Access at Home by Race/Ethnicity

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http://www.freepress.net/sites/default/files/fp-legacy/lccrdigitaldivide.pdf

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Percent of the Population that Has Hi-Speed Internet Access at Home by Race/Ethnicity

Access to high-speed connections such as DSL and cable modems, represent a new dimension of digital divide. With the rapidity of technological change, very many people who thought yesterday have sufficient technological skills and now find themselves sidelined and  destabilized.

About a quarter of whites and a third of Asians have of broadband access at home, unlike the Mexicans who have the lowest rate.

Only one of out ten Mexican-Americans has a hi-speed connection at home.

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