can't others around the world do the same? If 8 million entrepreneurs in China-one third of them women-can use an e … transformational effects that digital technologies are supposed to deliver? Two main reasons. First, nearly 60 percent of the world … not when the labor market is polarized. The internet can be a platform for universal empowerment, but not when it becomes …

The 2016 World Development Report shows that while the digital revolution has forged ahead, its “analog complements …

Africa's uptake gap is the highest in the world. Areas with at least 3G mobile internet service now cover 84 percent of ….These outcomes are not automatic, however. Mobile internet availability has increased throughout the continent in recent years, but … regions. Moreover, shortcomings in the quality of internet services—and in the supply of attractive, skills-appropriate apps …