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[24] United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Arab Human Development Report 2002: Creating Opportunities for Future Generations, http://www.undp.org/rbas/ahdr/ , 2002. Wasfi Alrawabdeh received two BS degrees from Mu'tah University, Jordan, 1995 and from the University of Bridgeport, CT-USA, 1998. He received his MBA degree Internet and the Arab World: Understanding the Key Issues and Overcoming the Barriers 33 from the University of Bridgeport, CT-USA, 2000. He worked as teacher assistant at the Faculty of Economic and Management Science, the Hashemite University, Jordan till 2005. Since September 2005, he has been with the Department of Business Administration at the University of Kent, UK as a PhD student. His research interests are e-commerce & e-government, e-business & e-learning, emerging technologies & applications, ICT & education, and internet applications & performance.