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The African Leapfrog Index Video
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The African Leapfrog Index: Video Summary

February 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Joseph Nallen African economy, African Leapfrog Index, ALI, digital economies, Digital growth, Digital Planet, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, research, Rwanda, South Africa, The African Leapfrog Index, video
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10 Questions: Can Phones Fight Poverty?

March 10, 2016 IBGC 0 Comment 10 Questions, Contextual Intelligence, EMPEA, Financial Inclusion, Indonesia, Jenny Aker, Jim Stavridis, Kenya, Master of International Business, MIB, mobile banking, mobile phones, student research, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, unbanked

There are twice as many mobile phone subscribers as bank accounts in Indonesia. Last year, smartphone audience growth in India

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In 2018, 1/3 of all white workers and almost 40% of Asian workers were in jobs where they could work from home.

Less than 20% of #Black workers & only 16% of #Latinx workers were in jobs that lend themselves to working from home.

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https://bit.ly/Digital-Inequality

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"[Students] who are forced to return, despite having stayed to attend their fall classes here, must now suddenly uproot themselves, potentially face restrictions in travel, go home to potentially unsafe conditions ... "

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https://bit.ly/ICE-Student-Ban

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14 Jul

The scatter plot below shows a strong positive correlation between digital public services capabilities and inclusive and affordable internet. We examine a selection of countries across the diagonal from worst to best below.

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https://sites.tufts.edu/digitalplanet/which-governments-can-best-deliver-public-services-online-during-a-lockdown/

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14 Jul

With so many other issues taking precedent in the US, why has the Trump administration decided to attack #internationalstudents ?

According to Bhaskar Chakravorti, it's an attack on what Trump considers the enemy within -- liberalism.

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https://bit.ly/internationalstudentban

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