Overview
- Discusses the determinants of digital skills in the Global South
- Examines the extent of the digital divide between males and females in mobile Internet use
- Based on recent data and empirical evidence
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)
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Using empirical data recently provided by the Groupe Speciale Mobile Association (GSMA), the book examines the existence and extent of the digital divide between males and females in mobile Internet use, which constitutes a new form of divide. It sheds light on the acute difficulty for first-time mobile Internet users in the Global South, and especially Sub-Saharan Africa, to learn the digital skills that are needed to use the said technology effectively, with a special focus on how these users acquire the required knowledge, without having undergone the process of learning by doing. The book further discusses the determinants of digital skills in the Global South, as well as major factors underlying the extent to which different users actually benefit from the mobile Internet, such as gender, location, age, and education. Finally, it investigates how womens' use of the Internet has been altered by the pandemic in the Global South.
This book will appeal to students, researchers, and scholars of development economics and development studies, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of the impact of gender bias and Covid-19 on mobile internet use in the Global South.
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Book Title: Gender, Internet Use, and Covid-19 in the Global South
Book Subtitle: Multiple Causalities and Policy Options
Authors: Jeffrey James
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15576-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-15575-8Published: 01 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-15576-5Published: 29 September 2022
Series ISSN: 2191-5504
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5512
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 62
Number of Illustrations: 143 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development Economics, Development Studies, Economic Policy, Economic Growth, Emerging Markets/Globalization