Tuesday, 17 May 2016

GLOBAL INTERNET INCLUSION COULD LIFT 500M OUT OF POVERTY, AND ADD OVER $6TRN TO GLOBAL GDP

LONDON, May 17 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global inclusion in the Internet could bring seven percent of the world’s population – 500 million people - above absolute poverty levels, and add US$6.7 trillion to global economic output, according to a new study by Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting business.

The study, for Facebook, encompassed 120 countries over a 10-year period and describes how the Internet could change as more people from developing markets get online. It examines how barriers to accessing the internet could be removed, and how the internet could change as more people from developing markets get online.
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=26810

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