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ICC/Ifo World Economic Survey
August 2005

How important is the Internet for private use in your country at present?	very important	important	not important
Average of 90 countries	44%	43%	13%
Western Europe	52%	42%	6%
North America	71%	28%	2%
Oceania	60%	36%	4%
Eastern Europe	37%	52%	11%
CIS	6%	62%	33%
Latin America	49%	36%	15%
Africa	17%	57%	26%
Asia	44%	45%	11%
Near East	57%	30%	13%
			0%
How important is the Internet for professional use in your country at present?	very important	important	not important
Average of 90 countries	67%	28%	5%
Western Europe	69%	30%	1%
North America	78%	17%	4%
Oceania	91%	9%	0%
Eastern Europe	58%	38%	4%
CIS	49%	26%	25%
Latin America	66%	33%	1%
Africa	61%	34%	5%
Asia	58%	38%	4%
Near East	75%	24%	1%
			0%
The term digital divide describes the socio-economic gap between people who have and people who don't have access to the Internet, and the information, educational or business opportunities tied to this access. Please try to assess the degree of digital	very high	high	low	absen t
Average of 90 countries	17%	43%	37%	2%
Western Europe	4%	28%	65%	3%
North America	0%	27%	67%	6%
Oceania	0%	29%	71%	0%
Eastern Europe	13%	55%	32%	1%
CIS	33%	64%	3%	0%
Latin America	31%	50%	13%	6%
Africa	31%	46%	23%	0%
Asia	29%	45%	25%	1%
Near East	16%	45%	38%	1%



Would you want to see a shift in who has responsibility for how the Internet is run, from the coalition of stakeholders (civil society, business and others) to governments?	yes	no
Average of 90 countries	36%	64%
Western Europe	16%	84%
North America	6%	94%
Oceania	4%	96%
Eastern Europe	91%	9%
CIS	95%	5%
Latin America	29%	71%
Africa	30%	70%
Asia	29%	71%
Near East	25%	75%

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