Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
Winter 12-1-2014
Publication Title
Digital Public Administration and E-Government in Developing Nations: Policy and Practice
Department
Mass Communications
Abstract
This chapter explores the interplay between society and Internet technology in the context of the developing former socialist country of Mongolia. This chapter goes beyond questions of access to the Internet and explores three factors of the global digital divide. First, this chapter explores how language factors such as non-Roman domain names and the use of the Cyrillic alphabet exacerbate the digital divide in the impoverished country of Mongolia. ICANN’s initiation of international domain names is an initial development toward achieving linguistic diversity on the Internet. Second, this chapter explores how post-communist settings and foreign investment and aid dependency afflict Internet development. A rapid economic growth in Mongolia has increased access to mobile phones, computers, and the Internet; however, the influx of foreign capital poured into the mining, construction, and telecommunication sectors frequently comes in non-concessional terms raising concerns over the public debt in Mongolia.
Recommended Citation
Baasanjav, Undrah, "Beyond the Digital Divide: Language Factors, Resource Wealth, and Post-Communism in Mongolia" (2014). SIUE Faculty Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity. 73.
https://spark.siue.edu/siue_fac/73
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Asian Studies Commons, Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Social Influence and Political Communication Commons, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Commons