The 2016 issue of World Development Report is based on:
The 2016 issue of World Development Report is based on:
The correct option is D Digital Dividends
The World Development Report (WDR) is an annual report published by the World Bank. The 2016 WDR issue titled Digital Dividends. It explores the impact of Internet and mobile phones on economic development.
Important observations made by the report:
60% of the world’s population is still offline.
1.063 billion Indians were offline even though India ranked among the top five nations in terms of the total number of Internet users, along with China, the U.S., Japan and Brazil.
Unevenly distributed “digital dividends” from growing Internet penetration across countries.
With the advent of big data, which includes the likes of India’s Aadhaar unique identity project, secret snooping by governments can be for legitimate law enforcement reasons, but sometimes violates laws and rights
Digital Dividends
The World Development Report (WDR) is an annual report published by the World Bank. The 2016 WDR issue titled Digital Dividends. It explores the impact of Internet and mobile phones on economic development.
Important observations made by the report:
60% of the world’s population is still offline.
1.063 billion Indians were offline even though India ranked among the top five nations in terms of the total number of Internet users, along with China, the U.S., Japan and Brazil.
Unevenly distributed “digital dividends” from growing Internet penetration across countries.
With the advent of big data, which includes the likes of India’s Aadhaar unique identity project, secret snooping by governments can be for legitimate law enforcement reasons, but sometimes violates laws and rights
