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digital inclusion

Analyses, evidence, and strategies on how to promote digital literacy and bridge the digital divide in India.

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November 9, 2023
What’s YouTube got to do with it?
by Deepa Sharda | 3 min read
a group of schoolchildren on a street--NEP 2020
September 15, 2023
How COVID-19 changed India’s education system
India’s new education policy focused on centralisation and digitisation to combat the loss of education during the pandemic. Did this really help the students?
by Shantha Sinha | 5 min read
financial calculations with a smartphone and pen and paper--msme credit access
August 8, 2023
Reimagining how India’s MSMEs access credit
Traditional lending methods prevent micro-enterprises from accessing credit to grow their operations. Here's how OCEN, an open credit framework, can help India's MSME sector address this challenge.
by Abhishek Modi, Asawari Luthra, Smita Samanta | 6 min read
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August 3, 2023
Can free public libraries catalyse communities?
As hubs of creative and critical thinking, public libraries can usher in a new social and cultural reformation. Will the idea of the free library gain momentum at the Festival of Libraries 2023?
by Purnima Rao | 7 min read
A woman with a vegetable cart, talking on the phone_financial inclusion
July 18, 2023
The path to financial inclusion for women
Mary Ellen Iskendarian and Kalpana Ajayan on India's progress towards financial inclusion for women, the gaps that need to be addressed, and the role of digital literacy.
by Derrek Xavier | 7 min read
man looking at a phone_actionable data
June 6, 2023
Is data meant for policymakers alone?
In the education sector, child learning data usually flows from teachers to policymakers and does not directly inform teaching practices that could lead to improvement in learning outcomes. How can this be changed?
by Pallavi Mukhedkar, Rohan Deshpande, Swetha Chakravarthi | 6 min read
a man operating a switchboard--technology
April 21, 2023
The pitfalls of technology in India
Arun Maira speaks with Kiran Karnik (former president, NASSCOM) and Osama Manzar (co-founder and director, Digital Empowerment Foundation) on the rise of digital technologies in India and why equitable access to them must be prioritised.
by India Development Review | 6 min read
A man sits crosslegged before two old cellphones-digital divide
February 16, 2023
India’s digital divide: From bad to worse?
Oxfam's India Inequality report 2022 reveals the extent of the digital divide in the country and how it impacts access to education, healthcare, and financial service for marginalised communities.
by India Development Review | 4 min read
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February 7, 2023
Does Budget 2023 combat the digital divide in schools?
Budget 2023–24 introduces measures to align with the vision of NEP 2020, but the school education sector needs more to bridge the learning loss caused by the pandemic.
by Protiva Kundu, Revati Patil | 5 min read
blue, red, and green grafitti on a wall--adivasi languages
January 31, 2023
“Language is like air; we understand its relevance in its absence”
Two young Adivasi cultural activists talk about their work of conserving and digitising their languages and the challenges they face in their endeavour.
by Debojit Dutta | 7 min read
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