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Data deficit means we’re in the dark about the digital divide
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01 Nov
2018

Data deficit means we’re in the dark about the digital divide

Digital concerns underpin many of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Gender equality, good health, quality education, industry innovation, smart and sustainable cities: these all require strong information and communications technology systems to become a reality. For all of this to happen, developing countries will have to overcome the “digital divide”. This refers to the gap..

12 Jun
2018

Digital Work: The Good, the Bad and the Opportunities

The great microwork debate is highly contentious – it’s both a catalyst for employment creation and a mechanism for exploitation. It’s ‘a race to the bottom’ but also a pivotal means for un- and under-employed individuals to enter previously inaccessible labour markets in rich countries. It defies geographical constraints but, conversely, exacerbates geographical biases. As..