WEBCAST MAR 31 – Internet Poverty Index Launch Webinar – Which are the most Internet poor countries in the world?
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 -------------------------------------- -
DOWNLOAD Video https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty.mp4 Audio https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty.mp3 Captions (AR/EN/ES/FR/XI/RU) https://bit.ly/3Drgnhv Slides https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty_SLIDES.pdf TRANSCRIPT https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty_TRANSCRIPT.pdf REPORT https://internetpoverty.io/ BLOG POST: https://brook.gs/3NxkOMe One interesting aspect discussed in the webinar, was Ravi Shankar Chatuverdi's assertion that India's radically low Internet pricing has yet to show much of an inclusive economic dividend, with use being generally 'time pass' activity, i.e. entertainment. Also, the cheaper pricing has had the effect of driving out competition in the market. On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 9:19 AM Joly MacFie <joly.nyc@gmail.com> wrote:
This is underway. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3NDeOl6
[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/
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