Measuring Internet in Access in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (English)

The ability to access the internet has increasingly become an important tool for poverty reduction, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite its importance, measuring internet use in low-income settings is plagued by differences between data sources and lack of a consistent definition of what it means exactly to have internet access. This Note compares different data sources available for monitoring internet use in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)...

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Frankfurter,Zoe Jordan Tillman;

Kokoszka,Klaudia;

Newhouse,David Locke;

Silwal,Ani Rudra;

Tian,Siwei;
Document Date
2020/08/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
151394
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2020/08/04
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Measuring Internet in Access in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Keywords
Poverty and Equity

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Frankfurter,Zoe Jordan Tillman; Kokoszka,Klaudia; Newhouse,David Locke; Silwal,Ani Rudra; Tian,Siwei.

Measuring Internet in Access in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (English). No.31|Poverty and Equity Note Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/121531596521881138

Measuring Internet in Access in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (English)

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