Karishma Banga and Dirk Willem te Velde, March 2018 DOWNLOAD REPORT DOWNLOAD BRIEF The growing digitalisation of economies and the associated rapid spread of advanced technologies like 3D printers, robots and cloud computing, is having a significant impact on manufacturing production globally. While the digital divide between developed and developing countries (particularly those in …
This commentary by the World Wide Web Foundation was originally published on the SDG Knowledge Hub managed by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a landmark opportunity for countries to close the digital gender divide. When UN member states committed to the SDGs, they pledged to: Achieve universal affordable …
Photo credit: Onlyyouqj – Freepik.com 113 million people will join the ranks of the world’s 3.6 billion internet users by 2020, according to a new report by the United Nations’ telecom agency, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The largest portion will come from Latin America, followed by emerging countries in the Asia-Pacific, notably China, …
To share knowledge and build community, we would like to share with you some of the participants in the Technology@Work MOOC’s blog posts below. I started using the internet in the mid-90s. Still remember sending out my first email. Then I chatted online, played some games, swapped music and photos with friends; it was so …