Dispatch from the Digital Planet: March 2023

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Dispatch from the Digital Planet: March 2023

March 23, 2023

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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

Glass Ceilings, Broken Rungs, and Gummy Floors, Part 2: Women in STEM

Women remain under-represented in high-paying technical and decision-making roles in STEM professions. This disparity is a vexing problem and the Achilles' heel of the entire technology industry. Beneath data in the aggregates lies a nuanced and varied picture—across both the academy and industry—of some breakthroughs worth highlighting and potentially emulating and several barriers that require urgent attention and targeted interventions. Achieving and sustaining gender parity will require concentrated and continuous efforts by decision-makers in academia, industry, and government.

PERSPECTIVES

Look at AI, not ChatGPT:
Bhaskar Chakravorti

The Indian Express

Instead of enhancing human intelligence, AI may be testing—and laying bare—its fault lines. Bhaskar Chakravorti looks at how the big push of ChatGPT into public space can be a half-baked measure.

US COMPENDIUM

Imagining a Digital Economy for All in 2030

Imagining a Digital Economy for All in 2030: US Compendium looks at the role of digital technology in providing a pathway to inclusive growth. It also assesses how digital divides risk leaving people further behind.

IDEA2030 IN UKRAINE

Digital Ukraine: One Year Since the Invasion

One year ago, we looked at how Ukraine's IT industry was affected by the war. We spoke to people who play a major role in the nation's tech sector. As the conflict continues a year on, we are talking to them about how the situation, challenges, and solutions have changed.

ANALYST OF THE MONTH

Sanjana Kadyan

Graduate Research Analyst

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON

Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the demand-supply dynamics of the global digital payments market. The research study explores the heterogeneous effects of the pandemic across economies.

AN INSIGHT I DISCOVERED

Digital payments infrastructure offers massive potential for governments and the private sector. It can rope millions of people across the world into the formal economy.

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IN THE NEWS

After layoffs, Meta, tech companies face uphill battle to boost diversity | Washington Post

Tufts University's Chakravorti on Adani Crisis Impact on India | Bloomberg

The recent tech layoffs have disproportionately affected women. Here's why | MSNBC

Learner's Park: “Higher education focuses preparing graduates to tackle future problems,” says Bhaskar Chakravorti on India's education system | Financial Express

Why more Indians are going abroad for higher education | India Today

Adani maps comeback strategy after $132 billion Hindenburg rout | Live Mint

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