Closing gender gaps in digital technology access to improve economic outcomes for women
Although digital and mobile access has expanded in recent years, digital gender gaps persist in South Asia and much of Sub-Saharan Africa. The interaction of economic, norms-based, and human capital barriers constrain women’s ability to participate in the digital economy or access increasingly digitized government services. At Inclusion Economics, our research explores levers to promote inclusive access to digital technology, and to understand how this affects economic outcomes, social norms and beliefs, access to (mis)information, and more.