Bridging the digital divide

Today 1.2 billion people of the world living in extreme poverty account for only one per cent of the consumption as compared to the richest 1 billion people which consume 72 per cent. The United Nations Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Post-2015 Development has called for a new agenda which “must tackle the causes of poverty, exclusion and inequality. It must connect people in rural and urban areas to the modern economy through quality infrastructure–electricity, irrigation, roads, ports and telecommunications.” In outlining his vision for the way forward on Post-2015, the United Nations Secretary-General stated that “in order to leave no one behind and bring everyone forward, actions are needed to promote equality of opportunity.”

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