Minimum Data Consumption : How Much is Needed to Support Online Activities, and Is It Affordable?

Lacking access to information and services is considered a welfare depravation. Years ago, access was defined as having a radio or television, but today it has been updated to include an internet connection. For individuals, access to online multim...

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spelling okr-10986-351492021-05-21T13:34:35Z Minimum Data Consumption : How Much is Needed to Support Online Activities, and Is It Affordable? World Bank INTERNET ACCESS ONLINE ACTIVITY DATA CONSUMPTION INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Lacking access to information and services is considered a welfare depravation. Years ago, access was defined as having a radio or television, but today it has been updated to include an internet connection. For individuals, access to online multimedia educational, health and livelihood content has potential positive impacts on improving welfare. This begs the question: how much data is needed to support online activities? Similar to determining daily calorie requirements for food, or identifying a minimum threshold for household electric energy, the aim of this note is to present an estimate of minimum data consumption level and examine whether it is affordable for low income groups in a diverse selection of developing countries. 2021-02-18T20:00:45Z 2021-02-18T20:00:45Z 2021-01 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/682301612166534537/Minimum-Data-Consumption-How-Much-is-Needed-to-Support-Online-Activities-and-is-it-Affordable http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35149 English Analytical Insights; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic INTERNET ACCESS
ONLINE ACTIVITY
DATA CONSUMPTION
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
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ONLINE ACTIVITY
DATA CONSUMPTION
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
World Bank
Minimum Data Consumption : How Much is Needed to Support Online Activities, and Is It Affordable?
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description Lacking access to information and services is considered a welfare depravation. Years ago, access was defined as having a radio or television, but today it has been updated to include an internet connection. For individuals, access to online multimedia educational, health and livelihood content has potential positive impacts on improving welfare. This begs the question: how much data is needed to support online activities? Similar to determining daily calorie requirements for food, or identifying a minimum threshold for household electric energy, the aim of this note is to present an estimate of minimum data consumption level and examine whether it is affordable for low income groups in a diverse selection of developing countries.
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title Minimum Data Consumption : How Much is Needed to Support Online Activities, and Is It Affordable?
title_short Minimum Data Consumption : How Much is Needed to Support Online Activities, and Is It Affordable?
title_full Minimum Data Consumption : How Much is Needed to Support Online Activities, and Is It Affordable?
title_fullStr Minimum Data Consumption : How Much is Needed to Support Online Activities, and Is It Affordable?
title_full_unstemmed Minimum Data Consumption : How Much is Needed to Support Online Activities, and Is It Affordable?
title_sort minimum data consumption : how much is needed to support online activities, and is it affordable?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/682301612166534537/Minimum-Data-Consumption-How-Much-is-Needed-to-Support-Online-Activities-and-is-it-Affordable
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