This is underway. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3NDeOl6 ISOC Live posted: "On 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. " [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetpoverty>On *Thursday 31 March 2022* at *3pm-4pm CEST* (13:00-14:00 UTC) the *World Data Lab <https://worlddata.io/>* (WDL) in collaboration with the *Internet Society Foundation <https://www.isocfoundation.org/>* presents a webinar '*Which are the most Internet poor countries in the world? <https://bit.ly/3IPGyiX>*' 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 *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetpoverty <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetpoverty>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3IPGyiX <https://bit.ly/3IPGyiX>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/15285>*) *TWITTER #internetpoverty <https://bit.ly/internetpoverty> @worlddatalab @ISOC_Foundation @WU_econ @dgtl_planet* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/internetpoverty <https://archive.org/details/internetpoverty>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15285/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -