First, in the field of knowledge, there are profound inequalities between rich countries and poor countries. One of the vicious circles of under-development is that it is sustained by the knowledge gap while accentuating it in return. Second, the rise of a global information society has allowed a considerable mass of information or knowledge to be disseminated via the leading media. However, the different social groups are far from having equal access and capacity to assimilate this growing flow of information or knowledge. Not only do the most disadvantaged socio-economic categories have often a limited access to information or to knowledge (digital divide), but also they do not assimilate it … Continue reading UNESCO