As the global digital divide narrows, who is being left behind?

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including digital divide Maung Sein and Bjørn Furuholt, capacity of the Internet to enhance development in emerging regions using Sen's freedom perspective by Yael Valerie Perez and Yahel Ben-David, and the role of information and communication technologies by Monideepa Tarafdar, Prashanth Anekala and Ramendra Singh.