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Part 2: Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

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Bhaskar Chakravorti and Christina Filipovic join the BBC's Digital Planet podcast to discuss how the pandemic sparked an improvement in gender digital parity in select countries in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.

Is it possible for an economy to be both digitally inclusive and at the forefront of innovation-based digital growth?

As the demand for artificial intelligence (AI) grows, so does the demand for AI talent. To find diverse AI talent, companies will need to look outside the usual technology talent hubs, such as the San Francisco Bay Area.

Benchmarking 90 economies' progress in closing the gender, rural-urban, and socioeconomic digital divide

Right now, half of Americans aren’t using broadband internet. In an effort to close this digital divide, the Biden administration has launched the Internet for All initiative: a massive investment of funds to expand access to high-speed internet in the world’s most valuable and second most evolved digital economy.

An increase in broadband access in the US reduced Covid mortality rates, with the most significant impact in metro areas. Internet access is an increasingly important tool in the public health toolbox.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is the latest source of funding to expand broadband across the US.

High growth sectors and high median wage jobs are still out of reach for college educated Black people in America.