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Digital Poverty – What does it mean?
Roxana Barrantes
Motivation
Design of poor pro-market policies must
begin with the understanding of the
needs they should address
Could the needs be defined in term of what others have (digital divide) or
from a set of minimum
requirements (unsatisfied needs)?
Digital Needs?
Digital ization
taken for granted
Humans need
information and
communication T h a t i s w h a t d e f i n e s t h e
h u m a n s p e c i e s
BUT…IC & Digitalization
are now considered sinonymus
Masure given of the amount of
information in the world by giving an
estimate of the bytes storaged in computersWhat about the information in the heads of
elders or that of indigeneous populations?
Knowledge
Societies need it to succeed
Built upon creativity & information
Creativity can be considered
a personal feature, whereas
information comes from
human interaction –
society
Information
Very costly to create
Inexpensiv
e to distribute
Digitalization makes
it even cheaper
AND…Information is
unequally distributed in
society
Not everybody satisfies their
information needs
vs
Info
rmat
ion
Pove
rty
One can talk about those
excluded from relevant
information for their well-being
Define information and communication
poverty, its connection to
poverty reducing policies and its contribution to development
• What role does access to information and communication through ICT play within the structural causes of poverty?
• The digital divide discussions focus on the actual gap but not on the causes.
Structural
Causes of
Poverty
Information and Communication PovertyInformation not only a source of
knowledge
It is a source of advancement of economic, social,
political and cultural freedoms
IC poverty is a dimension of poverty, but affects other dimensions
It needs specifically designed policies
IC Poverty
Components
Constraints
• Deprivation of basic capabilities to participate in the information society.
• Minimum capabilities define the IC poverty line
• Assets• Information• Communication
• Local• Usage• Technological
Proposal to measure IC Poverty
Digital Poverty• Complementary approach, using economic demand theory
• ICTs are demanded because what is needed is information and communication which are more difficult to measure and observe.
Connectivity
Communication
Information
ICT as economic
goods
ICT
can
fu
lfil
l …
Digital Poverty Defined using concepts similar to Unsatisfied
basic needs
Criteria
Age EducationAvailable
Infraestructure
Functionality
Digital PovertyLevel
Func t iona li ty
Human Capital
Extremely
Digitally Poor
Digitally
Wealthy
Connected
Digitally
Poor
Interaction: e-government/e-
business. Content Creation
Internet Access- e-mail and information user.
Computer Use
Radio and TV Access. Acces to Voice
Communication (Fixed or Mobile)
No Access to media. Only Radio and TV
Receptors
Liter
acy
(lite
racy
/edu
catio
n le
vel)
Age
rg.peRoxana Barrantes