<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default">DOWNLOAD<br>Video <a href="https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty.mp4">https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty.mp4</a><br>Audio <a href="https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty.mp3">https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty.mp3</a><br>Captions (AR/EN/ES/FR/XI/RU) <a href="https://bit.ly/3Drgnhv">https://bit.ly/3Drgnhv</a><br>Slides <a href="https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty_SLIDES.pdf">https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty_SLIDES.pdf</a><br>TRANSCRIPT <a href="https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty_TRANSCRIPT.pdf">https://archive.org/download/internetpoverty/internetpoverty_TRANSCRIPT.pdf</a><br><br>REPORT <a href="https://internetpoverty.io/">https://internetpoverty.io/</a><br><br>BLOG POST: <a href="https://brook.gs/3NxkOMe">https://brook.gs/3NxkOMe</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">One interesting aspect discussed in the webinar, was Ravi Shankar Chatuverdi's assertion that India's radically low Internet pricing has yet to show much of an inclusive economic dividend, with use being generally 'time pass' activity, i.e. entertainment. Also, the cheaper pricing has had the effect of driving out competition in the market. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 9:19 AM Joly MacFie <<a href="mailto:joly.nyc@gmail.com">joly.nyc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div id="gmail-m_2309873726890909642gmail-:21e"><div id="gmail-m_2309873726890909642gmail-:21a" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" style="direction:ltr;min-height:471px"><div>This is underway. REAL TIME TEXT <a href="https://bit.ly/3NDeOl6" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3NDeOl6</a></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div></div><br><u></u><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:1233.96px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:1233.96px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><br><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetpoverty" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/internetpoverty-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Thursday 31 March 2022</strong> at <strong>3pm-4pm CEST</strong> (13:00-14:00 UTC) the <strong><a href="https://worlddata.io/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">World Data Lab</a></strong> (WDL) in collaboration with the <strong><a href="https://www.isocfoundation.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Internet Society Foundation</a></strong> presents a webinar '<strong><a href="https://bit.ly/3IPGyiX" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Which are the most Internet poor countries in the world?</a></strong>' to launch the <strong>Internet Poverty Index</strong>. WDL estimates reveal that globally over 1.39 billion people, or around 17.8% of the world population, currently live in Internet poverty. By defining internet affordability, quality, and quantity thresholds, the estimates of global Internet poverty can finally be assessed.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>SPEAKERS</strong><br><strong>Dr. Homi Kharas</strong>, Co-Founder / Sr. Economic Advisor, World Data Lab<br><strong>Dr. Katharina Fenz</strong>, Sr. Data Scientist, World Data Lab<br><strong>Prof. Jesus Crespo Cuaresma</strong>, Vienna University of Economic and Business<br><strong>Ravi Shankar Chatuverdi</strong>, Director of Research, Digital Planet, Tufts University<br><strong>Sarah Armstrong</strong>, Executive Director, Internet Society Foundation</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>MODERATOR</strong><br><strong>Shayna Robinson</strong>, Program Officer, Internet Society Foundation</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>LIVESTREAM <a href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetpoverty" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetpoverty</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM <a href="https://bit.ly/3IPGyiX" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://bit.ly/3IPGyiX</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>REAL TIME TEXT</strong> (see <strong><a href="https://isoc.live/15285" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">ISOC.LIVE</a></strong>)</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>TWITTER <a href="https://bit.ly/internetpoverty" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">#internetpoverty</a> @worlddatalab @ISOC_Foundation @WU_econ @dgtl_planet</strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>SIMULCASTS</strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/</a></strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive</a></strong><br><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/</a></strong> (AI Captions)</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>ARCHIVE</strong><br><strong><a href="https://archive.org/details/internetpoverty" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://archive.org/details/internetpoverty</a></strong></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#efefef" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-top:1px solid rgb(243,243,243);color:rgb(136,136,136);font-size:14px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><p style="direction:ltr;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-size:12px;line-height:1.4em;margin:0px"><strong><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Permalink</span></strong><br><a href="https://isoc.live/15285/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://isoc.live/15285/</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="3" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:3px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=151329629&post=15285&subd=isoc.live&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" width="1" height="1"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://pixel.wp.com/t.gif?email_name=email_subscription&blog_id=151329629&_ui=2239291&email_id=8a4ddc78b88b2b72b17915d2f5733cb7&date_sent=2022-03-30&locale=en&currency=USD&country_code_signup=US&domain=isoc.live&frequency=0&digest=0&has_html=1&_en=wpcom_email_open&browser_type=php-agent&_aua=wpcom-tracks-client-v0.3&_ul=wwwhatsup1&_ut=wpcom%3Auser_id&blog_tz=-4&blog_lang=0&user_lang=en&_ts=1648634538616" width="1" height="1"></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>--<br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--------------------------------------<br>Joly MacFie  +1<span title="Call with Google Voice">2185659365</span> </div><div>--------------------------------------</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>