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digital divide between urban areas And rustic from Latin America And caribbean expanded by 2 percentage points between 2020 And 2022 and continues to be an urgent challenge
digital divide between urban areas And rustic from Latin America And caribbean expanded by 2 percentage points between 2020 And 2022 and continues to be an urgent challenge for the development of the region, according to a report published by Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IIKA).
Rural Connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean study, which collects data from 26 countriesdetermines that in 2022 79% the urban population has significant communication services, and among the rural population, the percentage 43.4%for a gap of 36 percentage points between both zones.
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This means that the gap has increased by 2 percentage points compared to 2020, when it was 34%. In 2020, city connectivity was 71% and rural 37%.
report prepared IICAThe World Bank, Bayer, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, Microsoft and Syngenta note that despite the widening gap, it is important that connectivity has grown in both areas: 6.4 points in rural areas and 8 points in rural areas. urban.
The study notes a low level of connectivity to rural areas. Bolivian, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua And Venezuela. This group adds thirty% rural population of the 26 countries studied.
In the middle lane are Colombia, Ecuador, Savior, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic, Paraguayan And Suriname. They all represent 46% surveyed rural population.
The high connectivity group consists of Argentina, barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago And Uruguaywhich in total amount to 24% the analyzed rural population.
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The report emphasizes that Belize And Beardeds recorded an increase of more than fifty % among rural residents who now have access to significant means of communication, while Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Uruguay And Argentina recorded an increase of at least thirty%.
Other countries with improvements were Jamaica, Savior, Belize And Peruwhich rose from low to mid-level between 2020 and 2022.
In terms of population, the report indicates that in 2020 77 million peopleThe Urals lacked significant connectivity in the region, and by 2022 this figure will be 72 million people.
“It is alarming that 72 million rural residents Latin America And caribbean do not have access to significant connectivity,” the CEO said in the report. IICAManuel Otero.
The report concludes that improving connectivity and closing the digital divide in access and use between rural and urban areas should be a priority for public policy development in countries, as it will bring social and economic benefits and contribute to the sustainable development of the agricultural and food systems.
The report states that “bridging the rural connectivity and digital skills gap requires the alignment of public policies, private sector engagement and international cooperation.”
“Although countries in the region are facing action to update the legal framework and develop digital programs and policies, they have not been able to implement large-scale solutions and make important demands in terms of infrastructure investment,” the study notes. . . .
(EFE)
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