DIGITAL STRATEGY
DIGITALSTRATEGY2020 2024Photos on cover, (clockwise): ; Jack Gordon, USAID; Riaz Jahanpour, USAIDToday, many of us take for granted our access to DIGITAL technology like smartphones and the Internet. They have become an integral part of our day-to-day lives and increasingly our default way of communicating, learning, and doing business. We should remember, however, that four billion people in developing countries still do not have access to the Internet, including a staggering 93 percent of households in the least-developed nations. Further exacerbating the situation, the gender DIGITAL divide continues to grow. Women are, on average, 14 percent less likely to own mobile phones than their male counterparts, and 43 percent less likely to engage technology s profound potential is tempered by the looming threats posed by authoritarian governments and malevolent actors who use DIGITAL tools to suppress political dissent a
Burns, the Director for the Center for Digital Development . in the U.S. Global Development Lab, and was the product of contributions made by over 130 colleagues from 19 bureaus and independent offices and 25 missions, who participated in the . Strategy ’s development as members of the Working Group and Advisory Group. The . Strategy
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