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Featured
Free Access
238
Key Guidance
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Quick Overview
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Top Insights
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
139
Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
85
Digital Inclusion
56
Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
26
Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
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Mobile Phone Use
23
Gender and ICTs / Internet
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ICT Policies
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Community Telecommunication Networks
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Mobile Phone Use: Women
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Digital & Social Media Use: Youth
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Indigenous Digital & Social Media Communication
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Communication Rights
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Digital & Information Literacy
10
Telecommunication Law, Regulation & Policies
10
Access to Media & Information
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
9
Mobile Phone Markets
9
Mobile Phones, Smartphones
8
Gender Advocacy & Empowerment, Gender Mainstreaming
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Freedom of Expression Online, Internet Freedom
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Digital Media Markets
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Telecentres, Community Telecentres, Internet Cafés
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Internet
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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ICTs and Development
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ICT Indicators
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Internet Bandwith, Broadband & Backbone Networks
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Access to Media & Information: Disadvantaged Groups and Minorities
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Internet and Society / Social Change
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ICT Industries & Markets
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Digital Literacy: Youth
5
Telecommunications
5
Access to Media & Information: Indigenous Populations
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Digital & Social Media Use: Children
4
Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
4
Community Informatics
4
Online Media & Internet Economics
4
Open Access Publishing
4
Online Learning, E-Learning
4
Female ICT Sector Personnel / Professionals
4
ICT Development Assistance
4
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
4
Schools
4
COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Inequalities
4
WLAN Wireless Internet Access
4
Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Media Use: Youth
3
Surveillance, Surveillance Technologies, Spyware
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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Free Basics (Facebook Internet Access Programme)
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
3
Electronic Commerce
3
Facebook
3
Educational Use of ICTs / Internet
3
ICTs and Poverty Reduction
3
ICT Financing
3
Gender Discrimination, Gender Inequalities
3
COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
3
Media Literacy: Youth
3
People with Disabilities: Access to & Use of ICT and Media
3
Open Data
2
Advocacy & Empowerment: Disadvantaged & Vulnerable Groups
2
Advocacy & Empowerment: Indigenous People
2
Digital Activism, Cyber Advocacy
2
Geography
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Maps
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Health Information Access & Use
2
Media Use: Lower Classes & Poor Population
2
Mobile Phone Use: Migrants & Refugees
2
Girls and Media
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Freedom of Expression
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Open Licensing, Creative Commons, Public Domain
2
Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Internet and Development
2
Internet Shutdowns
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Internet Markets
2
Social Media
2
Democratization & Digital Media / Social Media
2
Twitter & Microblogs
2
Ecological Footprint & Sustainability of Digitalization, E-Waste & Recycling
2
Digitalisation, Online Communication & Democracy / Democratization
2
Information Society
2
Digital Economies & Markets
2
Prices
2
Open Educational Resources (OER)
2
Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
2
Linguistic Diversity: Internet & Digital Media
2
Digital Media Use: Migrants & Diasporas
2
People with Disabilities: Tailored ICT & Media Products
2
Communication & Media Indicators
2
Mobile Phones in Rural Areas
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Short Wave Radio (SW)
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Mobile & Wireless Communications Technologies
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Telecommunication Industries & Markets
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Access to Information Laws, Right to Information Regulation
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Information Gaps
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Girls
1
Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
1
Mobile Phone Advocacy & Campaigns
1
Agricultural Information & Extension
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Geographical Information Systems
1
Audiences & Users
1
Audience Research Methods
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Audience Segmentation, User Typologies, Personas
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Elderly People: Internet & Social Media Use
1
Information Use & Consumption
1
Media Use, Media Consumption
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Mobile Phone Use: Minorities
1
Media Use: Rural Populations
1
Media Use: Women, Female Media Audiences
1
Radio Use: Women
1
Mobile Phone Use: Youth
1
Radio Consumption, Radio Use, Radio Audiences
1
Television Consumption, Televison Use, Television Audiences
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
1
Campaigning: Experiences
1
Catholic Church and Communication
1
Digital Media Socialisation
1
Educational Comics & Comics for Development
1
Digital Literacy: Children
1
Christian Communication Ethics, Christian Media Ethics
1
Digital Rights
1
Intellectual Property
1
Plagiarism
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Censorship Circumvention Tools & Strategies
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Community Radios
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
1
Developing Countries
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One Laptop per Child (ICT Development Programme)
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Uno a Uno (Laptops for School Students, Latin America)
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Rural Communication for Development
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
1
Algorithms & Big Data
1
Cybercrimes
1
Data
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Data Journalism, Computer-Assisted Investigative Reporting
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Digital Criticism
1
Digital Entrepreneurs, Tech Entrepreneurs
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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Digital Media, Internet & Religion
1
Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Digital Skills, Digital Production Skills
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Internet / ICTs and Social Change
1
Internet / Social Media Law & Regulation
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Net Neutrality
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Digital Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payphone Business
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Online News
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Social / Digital Media and ICTs in Disaster & Humanitarian Crisis Management & Prevention
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TikTok
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Generative AI, including ChatGPT et al.
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Digital Transformation Approaches
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Economic Development: Role of ICTs & Media
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ICT Effects & Impact
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ICT Regulation
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ICT Sector Development
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Libraries
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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Energy Supply, Electricity
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Market Liberalization, Economic Liberalization
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Literacy, Literacy Campaigns, Postliteracy, Alphabetisation Policies
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Gaming, Video Games
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Feminism & Communication
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Gender Representation & Stereotypes in the Media
1
Women with Disabilities & Media
1
Indigenous Communication
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Indigenous Languages
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Indigenous Radio Broadcasting
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UNESCO
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News
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Local News
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Crowdsourcing
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Design Thinking
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Female Migrants / Migration
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Music
1
People with Disabilities & Communication / Media
1
Deaf & Hard of Hearing People
1
Radio Engineering & Technologies
1
Youth & Religious Communication
1
Human Development Index (HDI)
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Sampling (Survey Methodologies, Statistics)
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Survey Methods
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Castes
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Antennas
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Digital Switchover
1
Digital Television
1
Radio Broadcasting Equipment & Technologies
1
Satellite Communication & Information Services
1
GIS, Geospatial Services
1
Development Assistance: Telecommunications
1
Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
1
Remote Work, Teleworking, Working from Home
1
Telecommunication Companies, Mobile Phone & Fixed Line Operators
1
Telecommunication Licensing
1
Telephone
1
Urban Communication, Urban Media
1
Suburbs, Poor Districts, Slums, Shanty Towns
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Urban Areas
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Journals
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What is an Ideal Internet to You? A Global Exploration of Digital Rights Trends
Pollicy (2022), 56 pp.
"This white paper seeks to provide an overview of the core thematic issues around digital rights and digital safety across the world. The content builds off a global mapping exercise of organisations and knowledge, predominantly focused on Africa and the Middle East, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Eas
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Inclusion, Not Just an Add-On
Kampala: Pollicy (2022), 25 pp.
"This guide was created to drive conversations within technology entities to reconsider and reconceptualize how they approach inclusive design practices. Historically, inclusion has been a “nice-to-have” add-on within digital platforms, and as such, discriminates against and excludes a large pro
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Meaningful Connectivity for Rural Communities: Geographic Barriers & Policy Strategies for Digital Inclusion
Washington, DC: Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI); World Wide Web Foundation (2022), 23 pp.
"This report details the urban-rural connectivity gap in nine low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and what that means for their potential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals [...] Across all nine countries [Colombia, India, Indonesia, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Mozambique, South Af
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Advancing Meaningful Connectivity: Towards Active and Participatory Digital Societies
Washington, DC: Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI); World Wide Web Foundation (2022), 27 pp.
"This report advances the Meaningful Connectivity framework as a way to support more inclusive societies and strengthen digital economies. It measures the gap in the number of people with just basic internet access and those with meaningful connectivity and examines what this digital divide means fo
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COVID-19, Digital Substitutional and Intersectional Inequality: The Case of South Africa
Cape Town: Research ICT Africa (2022), 54 pp.
"This study analyses the impacts of COVID-19 and its associated public policy responses on digital and intersectional inequality in South Africa from a demand-side perspective. The overarching research question it seeks to address is: To what extent were people in South Africa able to mitigate the n
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Representatividade, inclusão e democracia no Brasil: Um olhar para a transformação digital
São Paulo: Instituto Lula; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 64 pp.
"O capítulo 1, “Reconhecimento e representação: sobre vozes, epistemicídio e resistências”, investiga e discute as formas, contextos e a constituição sóciohistórica, econômica e cultural da sociedade brasileira contemporânea e de seus grupos estigmatizados e precarizados, enfatizando
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Democracia e representatividade: Novas formas de representação diante da transformação digital
São Paulo: Instituto Lula; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 65 pp.
"Entre os achados do trabalho quantiqualitativo que partiu de um universo de 229 participantes: lideranças e militantes da cidade, do campo, das florestas e das águas das diferentes regiões brasileiras. Destaca-se que 47% do público entrevistado tem dificuldade no uso da internet; pessoas negras
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Digital Justice: A Study and Action Guide
Quick Overview
Key Guidance
Toronto; Geneva: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC); World Council of Churches (WCC) (2022), 51 pp.
"This compact, accessible guide unpacks a number of key digital justice issues and looks at how digital communication impacts marginalized peoples and groups. Case studies, facts and figures, discussion questions, and suggested readings offer tools for reflection and action. For use by individuals o
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Digital Divide: Who in Africa is Connected and Who is Not
Quick Overview
Afrobarometer (2022), 22 pp.
"Afrobarometer finds that most Africans own a mobile phone and have access to a mobile phone network. However, fewer than half own a mobile phone with Internet access, and even fewer have access to a computer. This translates to low levels of Internet use in many countries. Lack of Internet access a
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HF Radio: Guide for Facilitators and Community Installers
Philadelphia: Rhizomatica Communications (2022), 24 pp.
"The purpose of this guide is to share the basics of installing a solar-powered HF radio station. For some years now, Rhizomatica has been working to “modernize” HF technology, allowing the transmission and reception of digital information. HF technology offers many advantages for autonomous com
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Why addressing digital inequality should be a priority
Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), volume 89, issue 3: e12255 (2022), 12 pp.
"This article addresses the multifaceted and far-reaching implications of digital inequality (DI), drawing upon emerging trends and examples. The aim is to sensitize policymakers, practitioners, and academics to issues surrounding DI and foster a common and deeper understanding among relevant stakeh
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Geographies of Digital Exclusion: Data and Inequality
London: Pluto Press (2022), xiii, 194 pp.
"Today's urban environments are layered with data and algorithms that fundamentally shape how we perceive and move through space. But are our digitally dense environments continuing to amplify inequalities rather than alleviate them? This book looks at the key contours of information inequality, and
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(Des)iguales y (des)conectados: Políticas, actores y dilemas info-comunicacionales en América Latina /
Buenos Aires: CLACSO (2021), 296 pp.
What we know about the gender digital divide for girls: A literature review
UNICEF (2021), 22 pp.
"What do we know about the gender digital divide for girls? To date, there is little research on gender differences in digital access for children under the age of 18. These disparities in usage limit women’s access to the full range of opportunities offered by digital. However, the limited data a
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Universal Service and Access Funds in Latin America & The Caribbean
Top Insights
Washington, DC: Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI); Internet Society (2021), 65 pp.
"Universal Service and Access Funds (USAFs) have been used by governments in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries since the 80s/90s to address telecommunication related gaps. While their existence is not free from criticism, they are an instrument that has been created to achieve universalit
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Pandemic in the Internet age: From second wave to new normal, recovery, adaptation and resilience
Geneva: ITU (2021), ix, 96 pp.
"ICTs have an enormous role to play in helping society adapt to the dislocations caused by the pandemic. This enhanced role comes in addition to the already central part that digital technologies have assumed in driving innovation, digital disruption and economic growth and development, particularly
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Giga: Empowering communities in Asia and the Pacific through school connectivity
Geneva: ITU (2021), ix, 92 pp.
"Giga, a joint collaboration between ITU and UNICEF, is an initiative to connect every young person in the world to information, opportunity and choice. Devised before the onslaught on COVID-19, the project addresses the underlying inequities in access to the Internet. However, it is also a platform
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Connectivity in the Least Developed Countries: Status report 2021
Geneva: ITU (2021), ix, 59 pp.
"In 2020, the 46 LDCs had a combined population of 1.06 billion people and are highly vulnerable, with low levels of human development. And yet, geography, population size and income vary within the group, and these different conditions affect digital development.
National data infrastructure is an
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Telecommunications/ICTs for rural and remote areas. Study period 2018-2021
Geneva: ITU (2021), xiii, 90 pp.
"There is need for further studies focusing on access to broadband services and how emerging technologies can be used to transform rural and remote areas into digital economies.
There is no one-size-fits-all model for financing rural connectivity and engaging all stakeholders, but creating public-pr
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The Digital Disconnect: The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2021), viii, 231 pp.
"Ellen Helsper goes beyond questions of digital divides and who's connected or not. She asks why and how social and digital inequalities are linked, as she reveals the tangible outcomes of socio-digital inequalities to everyday lives in an expert exploration of contemporary theory, research and prac
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