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Dispatch from the Digital Planet: July 2022

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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT
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Broadband Infrastructure Funding and the Digital Divide: Prioritizing People Over Miles
As government officials weigh how best to allocate $65B in resources under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, we recommend a “people over miles” approach. This will ensure more access to broadband at the speed necessary to learn, work, and access vital services.
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Pride and Prejudice 2022
For Pride Month 2022, we updated our 2021 analysis on the share of workers expressing affiliation with LGBTQ+ on their resumes. In 2021, women in STEM were twice as likely to profess an affiliation with the LQBTQ+ community on their resumes. This gap narrowed in 2022 to 1.9 times as likely.
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The Impact of Internet Access on Covid-19 Deaths in the US
The internet may have been even more important in the pandemic than initially understood. Holding everthing else equal, a 1% increase in broadband availability could lead to a 0.1% decline in Covid mortality. The impact was starkest in urban areas.
ONGOING RESEARCH
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Roe v. Wade Supreme Court
Decision: Twitter's Decidedly
Negative Reaction
Both men and women on Twitter had similarly negative reactions to the Supreme Court majority decision leak from May 2, and the final decision on June 24th that overturned Roe v. Wade.
DIALOGUE
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Imagining a Digital Economy for All in Ukraine
As the Ukrainian conflict continues, the country's third largest sector, tech and IT, persists despite the devastation. Bhaskar Chakravorti talks to leaders and stakeholders in the Ukrainian tech industry, and their cross-border clients as a part of a running case study to understand how their work is being affected, and what we can do to support them as the war progresses.
IDEA2030
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Digital Inclusion vs. Innovation Momentum: Is There a Tradeoff? And Must Economies Choose?
As societies reach a critical mass of users in the digital economy, the factors of production and value creation in the digital economy tend to gravitate towards creating and capturing value from the attendant network effects of existing, oft adept and affluent users. This leaves those at the socioeconomic margins further behind and exacerbates the gaps between the digitally affluent and the digitally deficient in a society in the absence of policy interventions channeling these inputs into inclusive innovation by design.
ANALYST OF THE MONTH
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Siddharth Sharma
Graduate Research Analyst,
Digital Planet
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON
Researching new data for the Digital Intelligence Index to understand the state of global digital competitiveness amongst economies worldwide.
AN INSIGHT I DISCOVERED
Digital transformation has been crucial to facilitating economic revival. There is a lack of data on transportation and road quality worldwide. International institutions and national governments need to leverage this new wave of digital transformation.
I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT
Using data analysis as an effective tool to leverage critical information on areas in business, technology, sports, and global diplomacy.
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IN THE NEWS
Capital Projects Fund Aids West Virginia's Billion Dollar Broadband Strategy   |   Benton
Amazon, Microsoft, McDonald's and Citi to examine their impact on civil rights and racial equity. Will more companies follow suit?   |   MarketWatch
Broadband Access a 'Matter of Life and Death' During Pandemic   |   Bloomberg
ABOUT DIGITAL PLANET
Digital Planet is an interdisciplinary research initiative of The Fletcher School's Institute for Business in the Global Context (IBGC) dedicated to understanding the impact of digital innovation on the world and providing actionable insights for policymakers, businesses, investors, and innovators.
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