If Internet users are expected to double to close to 1 billion by 2005, according to the UNDP Human Development Report 2002, it is hard to see how the imbalance in favour of developed countries is going to be redressed in the foreseeable future without strong political motivation.

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There are no UNDP International Human Development Indicators published uniformly and comparatively for Russia.

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Instead, it lies below Yemen in the UNDP's ranking of human-development indicators, at 151st in the world.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

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