At their annual meeting in 2000, the World Economic Forum (WEF) launched the Global Digital Divide Initiative and formed a task force to devise ways to engage interested international parties in a dialogue on closing the gaps between the digital haves and have-nots. This report, submitted by WEF's task force at last month's G-8 Summit, reframes that "divide" as a "global digital opportunity" and presents a variety of steps that the international community can take to improve the accessibility and use of telecommunications and the Internet in developing countries. The WEF's proposals are guided by nine principles, the first of which is that the G-8 should take a "leadership role" in the process. From these nine principles, the report delineates a ten-part action plan including steps to outline the G-8's role, improve education, give aid, and more.