2.4: Economic and Social Development

Making the Web More Effective for Supporting Economic and Social Development.

Other Information:

The project will produce a study of the barriers to increased exploitation of the Internet and the Web for economic and social development. It will survey the existing state of affairs, assess promising avenues for ameliorating the situation, and will examine the roles and responsibiities of the various actors involved. It is expected that the study will be published in hard copy and online.

Stakeholder(s):

• Rockefeller Foundation: The Rockefeller Foundation is providing the majority of the funding for this project, with some supplementary support from the Web Foundation.

Indicator(s):

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