Dispatch from the Digital Planet: November 2021

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Dispatch from the Digital Planet: November 2021

November 15, 2021

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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

How Green is the Greenback? An Analysis of the Environmental Costs of Cash in the United States

In 2020, the US printed more than five billion new cash notes. Though global cash transactions may be in decline, US production of cash notes has remained relatively flat. As cash production requires raw materials, some of them scarce, in this analysis we examine the questions: how green is the greenback, i.e., what is the environmental cost of producing and using cash notes? And how does this cost compare to that of crypto assets, like Bitcoin?

PERSPECTIVES

Global Money Shifts to India as Xi Cracks Down on Tech

Foreign Policy

As the tech crackdown in China came to a head this summer, Chakravorti explains that investments in Indian start-ups rose from $1.6 billion to nearly $8 billion. While this is an opportunity for the Indian startup ecosystem, given the inevitable boom-bust cycle in tech markets, it is essential for Indian policymakers to ensure there are enough chairs in the room when the music stops.

IMAGINING A DIGITAL ECONOMY FOR ALL (IDEA) 2030 COUNCIL RESEARCH

DataGovHub Paradigm for a Comprehensive
Approach to Data Governance

In collaboration with the Digital Trade and Data
Governance Hub at The George Washington
University

Did Technology Enable Inclusive Education
in Rural India in a Year of Lockdown?

In collaboration with ASER Centre,
Pratham India

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ONGOING RESEARCH

How has digital competitiveness impacted inclusion globally?

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data-enabled, artificial
intelligence-augmented, and inclusive digital future. Explore the interactive to analyze the digital competitiveness of 90 global economies plotted on their current state of digitalization against the pace of digitalization over a twelve-year period.

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Bloomberg Baystate Business Radio

Bhaskar Chakravorti on the big issue of regulating Big Tech

ANALYST OF THE MONTH

Francisco Salazar

BA, International Relations '23

Undergraduate Research Analyst, Digital Planet

I’VE BEEN WORKING ON

Digital inclusion and how internet consumption has changed during the pandemic.

AN INSIGHT I DISCOVERED

Our need for human connection transferred into the digital realm as our lives adapted to living and working remotely. As social animals, we built digital bridges when social distancing became a health necessity. The transition is evident from visitor data for websites with a human interaction component (such as Twitch or Zoom), which saw a far more significant increase in visits than passive websites.

I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT

Creating an environment of opportunities where everyone can reach their true potential through inclusive digital ecosystems.

IN THE NEWS

This exec was central to banning Trump on Twitter. Now she's facing thorny issues in democracies abroad | CNN Business

Tufts Global Business Dean: “Meta Is Doomed” | Bloomberg

Facebook earnings top $9 billion, but Apple change puts sales in the hot seat | MarketWatch

Global Money Shifts to India as Xi Cracks Down on Tech: Bhaskar Chakravorti | Foreign Policy

Census goes digital | BBC Sounds

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