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Affordability Report 2021
Read the Report The 2021 Affordability Report, released in December 2021, takes stock of connectivity trends today to suggest a new future for Universal Service & Access Funds. It builds from broader theories of industrial policy — namely the ‘moonshot thinking’…
Mobile Broadband Pricing
Explore the Data Here The latest edition of our mobile pricing data shows that 1GB of mobile broadband data became less affordable in 2021 than the previous year. This had significant consequences for people who greatly needed of internet access…
Meaningful Connectivity: Rural Report
Download the Report Here The reach and quality of internet access in the world is a consequence of the broadband policies we have. Meaningful connectivity is a valuable policy objective — and meaningful connectivity in rural areas specifically — because…
Advancing Meaningful Connectivity: Towards Active and Participatory Digital Societies
Read the Report Here In this new report we describe how, while two in three people are now online according to the current definition of internet access, billions lack the meaningful connectivity they need to make the most of the…
The Costs of Exclusion: South Asia Regional Report
Read the Report Here This report closes a three-part series on the economic consequences of the digital gender gap, the Costs of Exclusion. From this series, we have discovered that the costs are not just personal or economic — women’s…
The Costs of Exclusion
Read the Report Here The Costs of Exclusion: Governments are missing out on hundreds of billions of dollars because of the digital gender gap Across the world, millions of people are still unable to access the internet and participate online…
Costs of Exclusion: West Africa Report
Download the Report Here “It [the internet] allowed us to transcend public barriers; It has made our world like a small village. It was [a] big support actually.” – Patricia Zoundi Yao, founder of Canaan Land and Costs of Exclusion…
Sustainable Access Report
Read the Report Here A huge responsibility lies ahead to connect the remaining half of the world’s population to the internet. But at what environmental cost? Nearly half the world remains unconnected from the internet. We need broadband policy that…
Device Pricing 2021
Explore the data Smartphone ownership is one of the four pillars of meaningful connectivity, and for many people, the high cost of these devices is a persistent reason for why they don’t use the internet. Following our publication of From…
Closing the Investment Gap: How Multilateral Development Banks Can Contribute to Digital Inclusion
Download the Report Here Closing the Investment Gap: How Multilateral Development Banks Can Contribute to Digital Inclusion looks at the role of multilateral development banks (MDBs) in closing the digital divide and enabling universal internet access. The research specifically explores how…