US/French Paper on the Information Society and the Digital Economy

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

French-American Background Paper on the Challenges of the
Information Society and the Digital Economy

<http://www.doc.gov/ecommerce/US-FRJntStmnt.htm>

Sections on:

1. The Information Society -- A Challenge for the World

2. Life-Long Learning in the Information Society

3. Democracy: Citizenship in the Information Age

4. Universal Access: The Social and Regional Challenge

5. Cooperation with developing countries

6. Open Access to Information and Cultural Diversity

7. The digital economy and electronic commerce

8. Future work: international cooperation

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Note that they talk about the "information society and digital
economy" whereas we only have the (National Office for the)
Information Economy. Like in many areas in Australia today,
"society" is left out.

Part of society is the economy. Society does not exist to serve
the economy.
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-- 
Life can only be understood backwards,
but it must be lived forwards. 
-Kierkegaard

Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
brd@dynamite.com.au