The Digital Economy

Half the world’s population is still offline. Here’s why that matters

Afghan girls work at a first Internet cafe for women in Kabul March 8, 2012. Afghanistan opened its first female-only internet cafe on Thursday, hoping to give women a chance to connect to the world without verbal and sexual harassment and free from the unwanted gazes of their countrymen.  REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E83900H801

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Eric White
Head, Tech for the Sustainable Development Goals, World Economic Forum
Oren Pinsky
Project Coordinator, Internet for All, Latin America, World Economic Forum Geneva
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