Working Party on the Information Economy

The attached revised report is circulated for discussion, comment, and agreement on follow-up. The revision has taken into account material available from the workshop held on 7 December 2000, as well as comments from delegations and information on policies to reduce the digital divide provided in response to the request sent to delegates [DSTI/ICCP/IE(2000)6]. A shortened version of this document is proposed for inclusion in the IT Outlook 2002.

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