Topic: Digital inclusion clear · back to the knowledge map
-63 practices not yet assessed for evidence strength.
Most practices in: United Kingdom (83) · Belgium (21) · Portugal (18)
Since 2014, the FSM government with the World Bank and ADB laid the Chuuk-Pohnpei and East Micronesia submarine cables plus rural last-mile …
eKitabu, a Nairobi edtech nonprofit, builds born-accessible e-books for blind/low-vision learners and Kenyan Sign Language video storybooks for deaf learners with Kenya's …
UN Women and the Orange Foundation built Women's Digital Centers at Peace Huts in rural Bong County, Liberia; 45 women graduated a …
A $25M ADB-financed submarine fibre-optic cable, commissioned in 2017, replaced Palau's costly satellite links, multiplying capacity more than tenfold and enabling nationwide …
World Bank/IFC-backed reform ended Comoros' telecom monopoly, introduced a competing operator and 4G, and subsidised broadband for schools — though national internet …
Since 2015, Uruguay's Plan Ibirapitá has given free senior-friendly tablets and digital-skills workshops to low-income pensioners nationwide. By 2019 nearly 193,000 tablets …
World Bank/ADB-financed submarine and domestic fibre links are cutting Kiribati's reliance on costly satellite bandwidth. Vodafone Kiribati reports 87% population coverage, but …
Coracle supplies offline, secure in-cell laptops with preloaded courses, reading material and accessibility tools to about 96 prisons in England and Wales. …
A private-sector-funded Estonian NGO trained over 100,000 adults (about 10% of the adult population) in basic computer and internet skills in 2002-2004, …
A World Bank/DFAT-backed reform opened Solomon Islands' mobile market to competition, cutting call prices ~60% and lifting telecom access from about 11% …
A US$30M IDA credit plus EIB co-financing built roughly 1,700km of national fiber backbone in Mauritania between 2013 and 2022, lifting broadband …
Since 2008, Belo Horizonte's municipal IT company Prodabel has run a computer-reconditioning centre that trains low-income youth to refurbish donated PCs, distributing …
Since 2013, French nonprofit Emmaüs Connect has combined refurbished devices, subsidised connectivity and digital-skills coaching through a nationwide 'Connexions Solidaires' network, reaching …
A 2019 public-private broadband build (CARCIP) and a follow-on World Bank project lifted Saint Lucia's connectivity from about 53% to over 78% …
A UNESCO-Procter & Gamble literacy programme for 15-55 year-old girls and women across seven Senegalese regions, which added digital kits and TV/radio …
The US Veterans Health Administration's Digital Divide Consult (2020) standardises referrals for free loaned tablets and data. A 2024 cohort study found …
Hong Kong's 'Smart Silver' programme has reached 150,000+ elderly residents since 2014 via outreach visits, mobile stations and ICT training; the 2025-26 …
Taiwan's Ministry of Education has built 300 Digital Opportunity Centers in 168 remote/indigenous villages since 2005 (NT$6.8bn/US$212m in phase one), across five …
Ask Izzy is a free, anonymous mobile web app from Melbourne-based not-for-profit Infoxchange that helps people experiencing or at risk of homelessness …
World Bank-financed Digital CASA laid 3,000+ km of fibre-optic cable, connecting nearly 4,000 schools, clinics and offices across Kyrgyzstan's seven regions and …
LISTA, Fundación Capital's tablet financial-education app for Colombia's cash-transfer recipients, joined national policy in 2015. A randomised trial of 3,000 women found …
Thailand laid fibre broadband to 24,700 rural villages, paired with cascade digital-literacy training reaching 1.2 million people by 2018 and 13.6 million …
A US$7.3M World Bank-financed subsidy paid operator Digicel to build 59 solar-powered base stations in unserved areas (2014-2015), giving an estimated 500,000 …
The Pacific Regional Connectivity Program built Tonga's first submarine cables (2013–2018), lifting broadband penetration from under 2% to 50% and cutting bandwidth …
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