Tag: Digital Divide

Can we better define what we mean by closing the digital divide? (Nicol Turner Lee, Brookings)

The term “digital divide” has moved into the mainstream, as the pandemic revealed how unforgiving life can be for those disconnected from the internet....

Asia. Embracing technology to tackle Asia’s growing digital divide (East Asia Forum)

Jayant Menon, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute A silver lining amid the unfolding tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the acceleration of the digital economy. Lockdowns...

(USA) How to Close the Digital Divide in the U.S. (Harvard Business Review)

Bhaskar Chakravorti writes for Harvard Business Review: The U.S. government is negotiating a plan to address one of the most important — but overlooked...

TechInnovation/Digital Divide/USA – Don’t replace the digital divide with the “not good enough divide” (Tom Wheeler, Brookings)

One of the lessons of COVID-19 was the need for speed in digital broadband connections. As more and more members of a household were...

Closing the Digital Divide (WEF)

Speakers: Sasha Vakulina, S Iswaran, Vinita Sethi, Bocar Ba, Derek O'Halloran While digital technologies enabled hundreds of millions to participate online during the pandemic, the 3.7 billion people without internet...