Digital poverty refers to a lack of access to information and communication technologies (ICT). It can be defined using concepts similar to basic human needs. Digital poverty has several components, including a lack of assets, information, communication capabilities, and constraints such as local access and usage barriers. It affects individuals' ability to participate in society and is a dimension of overall poverty. Specifically designed policies are needed to address both the causes and impacts of digital and information poverty.

2. Digital Poverty – What does
it mean?
Roxana Barrantes

3. Motivation
Could the needs be
Design of poor pro-
defined in term of what
market policies must
others have (digital divide)
begin with the
or from a set of minimum
understanding of the
requirements (unsatisfied
needs they should address
needs)?

4.  Digitalization
taken for granted
Digital Needs?
 Humans need
information and
communication
That is what defines
the human species

5. Masure given of the
amount of information in
IC & Digitalization are now
the world by giving an
considered sinonymus
estimate of the bytes
storaged in computers
What about the
information in the
heads of elders or
that of indigeneous
populations?

6. Knowledge
Creativity can be
considered a
personal feature,
Built upon
Societies need it whereas
creativity &
to succeed information
information
comes from
human interaction
– society

7. Information
Digitalization
Very costly Inexpensive makes it
to create to distribute even
cheaper

8. Information is
unequally
distributed in
society
Not everybody
satisfies their
information needs

9. Define
information and
One can talk
communication
about those
poverty, its
excluded from
connection to
relevant
poverty reducing
information for
policies and its
their well-being
contribution to
development

10. •What role does access
to information and
communication through
Structural ICT play within the
structural causes of
Causes of poverty?
Poverty •The digital divide
discussions focus on the
actual gap but not on
the causes.

11. Information and Communication
Poverty
IC poverty is a dimension
Information not only a
of poverty, but affects
source of knowledge
other dimensions
It is a source of advancement
It needs specifically designed
of economic, social, political
policies
and cultural freedoms

12. • Deprivation of basic
capabilities to participate
IC Poverty in the information society.
• Minimum capabilities
define the IC poverty line
• Assets
Components • Information
• Communication
• Local
Constraints • Usage
• Technological

13. Digital Poverty
•Complementary approach,
using economic demand
theory
•ICTs are demanded because
what is needed is information
and communication which are
more difficult to measure and
observe.

14. Connectivity
ICT as
Communication economic
goods
Information

15. Digital Poverty
Defined using concepts similar to
Unsatisfied basic needs
Criteria
Available
Age Education Functionality
Infraestructure

16. Digital Poverty
Functionality Human Capital
Level
Literacy (literacy /education level)
Digitally Interaction: e-government/e-
Wealthy business. Content Creation
Internet Access- e-mail and
Connected information user. Computer
Age
Use
Radio and TV Access. Acces
Digitally
to Voice Communication
Poor
(Fixed or Mobile)
Extremely
No Access to media. Only
Digitally
Radio and TV Receptors
Poor

17. Thanks!
roxbarrantes@iep.org.pe
Roxana Barrantes