Closing the Digital Divide

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Closing the Digital Divide

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Ross Gilligan (Sightsavers)

Technology is key to ensuring the 1bn people with disabilities in low and middle income countries are not left behind but the costs are still currently prohibitive or unavailable, especially in rural areas. How is or can the World Bank ensure that people with disabilities are priortised in bridging the digital gap so that they are not further left behind? Thank you
Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:12
Maria Corazon

Thank you World Bank Group for keeping us abreast of how to answer countries needs.
Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:13
Eric Crabtree, IFC

Internet connectivity remains a big and urgent challenge.  IFC is funding private sector in digital infrastructure (mobile networks, fiber, telecom towers, data centers, satellites); we are targeting shared infrastructure has a way to extend networks to underserved areas.  An example of this is our investment in two sub-Saharan telecom tower operators, I.H.S. and Helios Towers Africa.  The sharing of a tower allows operators to save money on network deployment and operating costs by renting space for their antennas on a tower owned by a tower company, instead of building it themselves. The old model was a single operator antenna on a tower, with a tower company there are two or three.  More innovation is needed and we are looking at other models that we may help introduce in the future.
Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:13
Charu Chadha

What are the possible real solutions for countries like Nepal. Can funding n donor organisations not work directly with implementing agencies to ensure quality n impact of work.
Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:17

Artificial Intelligence and cloud computing are the leading innovations to transform the economy
Fri, 10/16/2020 - 10:18

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