WEBCAST MAR 31 – Internet Poverty Index Launch Webinar – Which are the most Internet poor countries in the world?

livestreamOn Thursday 31 March 2022 at 3pm-4pm CEST (13:00-14:00 UTC) the World Data Lab (WDL) in collaboration with the Internet Society Foundation presents a webinar ‘Which are the most Internet poor countries in the world?‘ to launch the Internet Poverty Index. WDL estimates reveal that globally over 1.39 billion people, or around 17.8% of the world population, currently live in Internet poverty. By defining internet affordability, quality, and quantity thresholds, the estimates of global Internet poverty can finally be assessed.

SPEAKERS
Dr. Homi Kharas, Co-Founder / Sr. Economic Advisor, World Data Lab
Dr. Katharina Fenz, Sr. Data Scientist, World Data Lab
Prof. Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Vienna University of Economic and Business
Ravi Shankar Chatuverdi, Director of Research, Digital Planet, Tufts University
Sarah Armstrong, Executive Director, Internet Society Foundation

MODERATOR
Shayna Robinson, Program Officer, Internet Society Foundation

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ARCHIVE
https://archive.org/details/internetpoverty

REPORT https://internetpoverty.io/

BLOG POST https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2022/03/31/internet-poverty-the-next-frontier-in-development/