Description: Billions of people can't access the Internet. A Human Right is ensuring that everyone can get online.
internet access (210) digital divide (39) the other 5 billion (1) connecting the unconnected (1)
In developing countries a 10% increase in Internet access adds 1.28 - 2.5% to the GDP. Globally, Internet access added 1-1.4% to the employment growth rate.
Give a man a fish feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and feed him for a lifetime - but give a man the Internet, and he can teach himself how to fish, and anything else he wants to know.
Without it, efforts are duplicated, resources are wasted, and health and safety are jeopardized. At best, you lose efficiency; at worst, you lose lives.