In the latest VIA Visionaries interview, Bhaskar Chakravorti discusses digital inclusion, the digital divide, and the 50th anniversary of the internet. He shares why digital inclusion is vital for underserved communities and how digital technologies can help address today’s challenges, offering tools for individuals to make a lasting impact.
The 2024 Responsible Finance Forum in Fortaleza, Brazil will kickstart the conversations needed to spark systems-level change and achieve the responsible and equitable delivery of quality financial services, all while aiming to obtain the desired outcomes of safety, choice, trust, voice, and improve. Digital Planet is a thought partner for the session.
Digital Inclusion vs. Innovation Momentum: Is There a Tradeoff? And Must Economies Choose? Download the Report Governments tend to focus on advancing the digital and economic competitiveness of their countries and strive to be at the forefront of growth in talent, intellectual property, and cutting-edge research and development. The COVID-19
IDEA 2030’s report studies the link between digital inclusion and innovation. Key insight: As more join the digital economy, value creation focuses on affluent users, widening digital disparities. Policy interventions are needed for inclusive innovation.
The under-representation of women in high-paying STEM roles is a vexing issue that exposes a systemic inertia across the industry.
Bhaskar Chakravorti outlines 10 urgent AI challenges—from deepening inequality to rising energy use—and urges leaders to act now with practical solutions before trust, safety, and inclusion are lost.
The Digital Evolution Index by Fletcher School maps tech progress in 125 nations. As AI widens gaps, digital growth slows post-pandemic, highlighting a global shift in innovation, inclusion, and policy.
Digital Planet’s latest Digital Evolution Index maps 125 economies, revealing a post-pandemic slowdown in digital growth. AI accelerates gaps, favoring advanced economies while inclusion stalls globally.
Digital Evolution Index 2025 From the Covid Shock to AI Surge: How 125 Digital Economies Around the World Are Evolving and Changing Download Report View Interactive Download Data https://youtu.be/bgva5d3XDOs Home > Research > Digital Evolution Index 2025 Digital Evolution Index 2025 The Digital Evolution Index is an interactive research platform of scorecards built to
India ranks 8th among 125 countries in digital evolution momentum per the Digital Intelligence Index 2024. Despite progress in digital inclusion, growth has slowed post-pandemic as people resume offline activities.
Dispatch from the Digital Planet is a monthly bulletin that talks about new updates in digital innovation across the world and their impact.
Dispatch from the Digital Planet is a monthly bulletin that talks about new updates in digital innovation across the world and their impact.
AI power shifts globally impact prioritized applications, societal benefits, economic sectors, data for training algorithms, biases inclusion, and innovation versus safeguards balance. 25 nations compete for AI leadership.
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Innovation drives global sustainability with private sector involvement unlocking immense value. Case studies emphasize tech’s role in fostering inclusion, using insights from the Nine A’s.
Beyond Access Case Studies Home > Research > IDEA 2030 > Beyond Access Case Studies The needs of the global sustainable development agenda are both broad and urgent, and innovation models are central to addressing them in a timely, efficient, and scalable manner, from promoting inclusive growth to ensuring the longevity of natural resources to
Inflation, anti-ESG movement and a war on ‘woke’ politics are hurting the diversity, equity and inclusion push at companies.
Home > Perspectives Perspectives Trump’s Victory Has Opened the Disinformation Floodgates: Bhaskar Chakravorti The 2024 U.S. elections were plagued by disinformation, shaping voter perceptions on key issues like immigration and crime. As Trump's second term begins, his disinformation machine seems poised to escalate. November 25, 2024 Notes from an endgame:
Home > In the News perspectives View all Why did the US exclude India from unrestricted access to AI chips? While India may be off the unrestricted list for now, analysts say its growing technological cooperation with the U.S. may shield it from some curbs January 14, 2025 OpenAI’s SearchGPT Could Mark
Event Concluded (December 2022) Home > Events > Defeating Disinformation Bookshelf Defeating Disinformation: Digital Platform Responsibility, Regulation and Content Moderation on the Global Technological Commons Global platforms present novel challenges. They are powerful conduits of commerce and global community, and their potential to influence behavior is enormous. Defeating Disinformation explores
A Fletcher School expert explains how a central bank digital currency works and why the U.S. is considering developing one
Explore COVID-19’s effects on India’s digital economy, from lockdown challenges to the inclusion paradox. Discover strategies to bridge the gap and unleash India’s digital potential.
Ease of Doing Digital Business 2019 Which Countries Help Expedite Entry, Growth, and Exit of Technology-Based Businesses? Download the Report Download Data Home > Research > Past Research > Ease of Doing Digital Business 2019 Note: In September 2021, The World Bank decided to discontinue the Doing Business report, stating that they are working on a
Digital Light at the End of the COVID Tunnel for India? How to Translate Digital Momentum into Job Creation and Recovery Beyond the Pandemic Download the Research Report Home > Research > Past Research > Digital Light at the End of the COVID Tunnel for India? The “great lockdown” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
off the charts View all The Emerging Geography of AI: Introducing the Top-Ranked AI Nations (TRAIN) Scorecard As the Global AI race intensifies, we mapped emerging AI leadership across data, rules, capital, and innovation. December 12, 2023 Glass Ceilings, Broken Rungs, and Gummy Floors: Part 2 Women remain under-represented in
Home > Research > Off the Charts CHART TOPPERS Global Digital Inclusion: Progress to Parity Scorecard 2022 September 11, 2022 The under-representation of women in high-paying STEM roles is a vexing issue that exposes a systemic inertia across the industry. Broadband Infrastructure Funding and the Digital Divide: Prioritizing People over
Turning America’s Digital Divide into Digital Dividends Policy Recommendations for the Biden Administration Home > Research > IDEA 2030 > Uneven State of the Union > Turning America’s Digital Divide into Digital Dividends UPDATE: Our updated analysis, state and city broadband maps, and data dashboard can be found here. At the height of the pandemic, millions of Americans
Imagining a Digital Economy for All ( IDEA ) 2030 Council Home > Research > IDEA 2030 > IDEA 2030 Council IDEA 2030 is a research initiative that aims to focus the minds of decision-makers through data-driven insights on inclusive digital economies. Housed within Digital Planet at the Institute for Business in the Global Context (IBGC)
A research initiative at The Fletcher School aimed at fostering inclusive growth around the world using the power of digital technologies. research events in the news Home > Research > IDEA 2030 IDEA 2030 is a research initiative that aims to focus the minds of decision-makers through data-driven insights on inclusive digital economies. Housed
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Companies have recently made progress in employee diversity, but cuts due to economic worries are expected to hurt underrepresented workers most.
More services are going online-only—catching more people on the wrong side of a widening gulf.
For Pride Month 2022, Digital Planet updates LGBTQ+ representation analysis in STEM. Affiliation disparities persist, with women in STEM and FAANG facing challenges. Younger STEM candidates lag behind college graduates in LGBTQ+ affiliation.
How old boys’ clubs and box-checking keep tech, academia and more from real progress.
As a part of Nasdaq’s “World Reimagined” series, Bhaskar Chakravorti and Ajay Banga discuss the importance of building a more digitally inclusive world, and what barriers need to be addressed in doing so.
The U.S. government is negotiating a plan to address one of the most important — but overlooked — problems facing the country: the digital divide.
Global healthcare digitization varies wildly. Our study in 46 countries identifies virtualized healthcare opportunities, enabling lagging nations to leapfrog with digital tools for quality care.
Digital Planet explores LGBTQ+ solidarity in STEM for Pride Month. STEM grads express less LGBTQ+ on resumes. Women in STEM are twice as likely as men to affiliate with the gay community.
The US digital divide has sparked division. The Biden-Harris administration can bridge gaps, review access, inclusion, institutions, and digital proficiency for transformative change in a recovering economy.
Digital Planet research finds that the number of LGBTQ+ women outnumber LGBTQ+ men in the United States tech industry. The research finds the gap is even wider in major tech hubs, like San Francisco and New York City.
Companies recruiting in STEM fields need to look beyond Atlanta and Miami.
In the evolving work landscape, how can we boost under-represented talent (e.g., Black, Hispanic, female) in high-demand roles? Where can organizations find these diverse pools in major U.S. metro areas?
US States expanded telehealth, yet 16 of them face challenges with subpar broadband, hindering digital healthcare access.
COVID-19 deepens racial disparities, particularly impacting Black communities. Addressing inequalities is crucial for an inclusive recovery.
Online public services need infrastructure and affordable internet. We scored 42 countries on digital services and internet access, considering lockdown measures.
Online public services need infrastructure and affordable internet. We scored 42 countries on digital services and internet access, considering lockdown measures.
Cost of Cash: India How digital currency can transform life in India Download the Report Home > Research > Past Research > Cost of Cash: India The payments business in India is on the cusp of a revolution. With rapid growth and modernization of the economy, there is no doubt that a majority of
India’s economic growth propels financial revolution via modern services. Cash-heavy economy, low non-cash payments, high cash management costs analyzed. Technology, Aadhaar key for cash-to-digital shift. RBI, banks face currency operation costs. Report stresses payments’ role in inclusion, cash reduction benefits.
