ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION: REINFORCING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE TOWARDS POVERTY REDUCTION-A SYSTEMETIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

With the rapid involvement of the digital divide to reduce poverty in Uganda , the social spheres have opted to get involved in the digital divide, however there is limited research  on the biometric and analysis of the digital divide, this study set out to investigate the  relationship between the digital divide  and poverty, the objectives of this study were To examine the relationship between poverty and the digital divide from 2018 to 2022 to determine the level of poverty in Uganda , hence the study uses the literature review obtained from Scopus database  published between 2018 to 2022 and a five step method  including 1) defining keywords 2) initializing  search outcomes  3)inclusion  and exclusion  of some elements of the initial result 4) compiling initial data context,    the digital divide involvement towards poverty reduction has helped to physically display  publication assessment over time and identify domains for current poverty measures and finally the research draws a road map for future investigations on poverty