ICT (information and communication technologies) is increasingly reducing barriers among

states, individuals and corporations by creating a more economic interdependence and global

integration which in turn makes the globe a dynamic place. Since the development of

technology the world has consistently been made smaller from time to time by reducing the

physical, economical and socio-political barriers thus turning the world into what scholars

refer to as a global village. We cannot talk about ICT and its role in flattening of the world

without touching on globalization. Globalization in this case refers to the increasing free flow

of readily available technology, ideas, market and people. In the book “The World is Flat” by

Thomas Friedman he argues that ICT and global integration have enables countries like China

and India to develop the fastest growing economies in the world.

In his book Thomas starts us off by telling us he realizes the world is flat when he visits a

campus in India. Friedman is impressed by the campus’s advanced technology such as the

glass-and-steel buildings and large flat-screen televisions. The playing field has been leveled;

now countries like India can compete for global knowledge. Friedman argues that we are now

in the midst of Globalization 3.0 is a period in which the world shrinks from small to tiny,

flattening to such a degree that individuals can collaborate and compete globally. The

uniqueness of this era is the unprecedented empowerment of individuals to collaborate and

compete at a global level thanks to the spread of software and its applications, as well as “the

creation of a global fiber-optic network that has made us all next-door neighbors.” Also, the

speed at which these changes are occurring makes this era qualitatively different from all