Report
Closing the Access Gap
Innovation to Accelerate Universal Internet Adoption
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Mobile and internet services have the power to transform lives, offering life-enhancing financial, health, and many other services. Yet millions of people in emerging markets lack access to these services, and even those who have access often do not adopt services, because of constraints arising from limited affordability, perceived value, and ability to use the services. The resulting access and adoption gaps threaten to exacerbate existing economic and social inequities facing low-income, rural communities in emerging markets, particularly among women and girls.
This report discusses the ways various actors work to address the access gap via new business models and technologies that extend the reach and affordability of mobile and internet. It also provides recommendations for other actors, including policymakers, donors, NGOs, and others, can realize the potential growth and adoption of innovation in this sector.
Contributors Dr. Jonathan Donner, David Taverner
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The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.
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