Knowledge is power.  This is as true today as it was centuries ago, although of recent, this old adage has taken on new meaning. 

With the spread of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT), some countries are finding themselves endowed with unprecedented power, while other countries are finding themselves falling behind.  And this was expected.  What wasn't expected, however, was that Jamaica, Hungary, and 16 other countries would be ahead of the United States, and that China would lag far behind nations such as Columbia and Uruguay.  Read more about the recent "GDP vs. Internet Access" study that's left researchers scratching their heads.