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It is considered that the development in information and communication technologies (ICT ), which gained importance within the late 20th. century, has enhanced economic growth and improved the living standarts of individuals. However, not all the countries can benefit from the developments in ICT. This situation brings along factors like digital divide and digital poverty that affect public welfare negatively. In this study, applications that can be done to overcome the mentioned problems and the effects of digital divide on international trade are discussed by analysing the global aspect of digital poverty. The result obtained suggests that solving the problems caused by the digital divide in country level is not enough and sets the need of competing with these problems in a global level.

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