Search results

Gender gap for mobile access may widen with COVID-19

Location:

INT

Rising mobile phone use has helped advance multiple development goals

Low investment restricts Latin American infrastructure

Location:

LATIN AMERICA

Transport and telecoms infrastructure shortfalls are two key factors undermining Latin American competitiveness

Insufficient infrastructure risks dampening global GDP

Location:

INT

The world needs to spend almost 100 trillion dollars on infrastructure by 2040, equivalent to five times US GDP

Big tech’s share of some finance segments will surge

Location:

INT

The network-to-activity loop lets ‘big tech’ firms gain market share quickly, but the loop may be vicious not virtuous

COVID connectivity boost leaves social gaps intact

Location:

INTERNATIONAL

COVID-19 lockdowns incentivised 783 million new users to come online during 2020-21

AI proliferation will have serious environmental costs

Location:

INT

Recent breakthroughs in AI will intensify the digital economy’s environmental footprint

Internet costs impede digital inclusion

Location:

INTERNATIONAL

Internet costs have fallen across the 55 low and middle-income countries that are home to 6.4 billion people

Recession risks wider internet infrastructure gap

Location:

INT

Development actors want governments to make the internet more affordable, accessible and reliable; progress is uneven

Cyber threats drive global technological decoupling

Location:

INT

5G relies heavily on software and will be the core underlying infrastructure for all future digital activities

Global tensions will spur value chains rethink

Location:

INT

Firms are rethinking their strategies on global value chains, which may change markedly in years to come