Dispatch from the Digital Planet: March 2022

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Dispatch from the Digital Planet: March 2022

March 8, 2022

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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

Glass Ceilings, Broken Rungs, and Gummy Floors

60 years after the March on Washington, the gap in employment inequality remains stubborn and sizable—particularly among high-paying and high-growth jobs. Black STEM graduates are underrepresented in high-growth sectors, like technology, and in higher-paying roles. In tech companies, Black people are largely clustered at the lowest-paying positions, with little representation in the middle, senior, and executive levels. Survey the progress made in equal employment opportunity in the US.

PERSPECTIVES

Ukraine Invasion Disrupts a Vital Tech Talent Pool

The Washington Post

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has already had an impact on the energy and commodities markets. And there's another major industry that will take a hit: tech.

Read Bhaskar Chakravorti's latest on how the Russian invasion of Ukraine will impact the tech industry.

ONGOING RESEARCH

Beyond Access: How Digital Technologies Power Inclusive Innovation in Smallholder Farming

Addressing the needs of a global sustainable development agenda are both broad and urgent. Through analyzing three enterprises in the food system, concerning the welfare of smallholder farmers in three distinct developing economies, we answer the question: how is a company in a particular part of the world taking on a sustainable development challenge and helping close inclusion gaps?

Invasion of Ukraine Could Create Tech Disruptions

Bloomberg

Bhaskar Chakravorti discusses the global technology implications of the war in Ukraine on the Bloomberg Businessweek Podcast.

PODCAST

Bloomberg Baystate Business Radio

Bhaskar Chakravorti on the invasion of Ukraine

ANALYST OF THE MONTH

Ramsha Hameed

Graduate Research Analyst,
Digital Planet

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON

Understanding the role of technology in enabling millions of individuals globally to gain better access to services and how it is transforming societies.

AN INSIGHT I DISCOVERED

The pandemic disrupted access to education and learning globally, pushing governments and private institutions to mobilize technology to increase access to education, and technologies contributing to an e-learning revolution, reshaping, and redefining the education experience for millions of students.

I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT

Learning how innovative practices are helping reach the poorest and most marginalized to overcome economic and social hardships.

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IN THE NEWS

Don't Use Chips to Play Poker With Putin: Bhaskar Chakravorti | Foreign Policy

The US takes Russia's chips off the table | Protocol

Tech firms with employees in Ukraine spring emergency plans into place | MarketWatch

Why companies committed to diversity in tech are still selecting from the same talent pool | Fortune

Ukraine's Vital Tech Industry Carries On Amid Russian invasion | The Wall Street Journal

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