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Community Network in Latin America: Unleashing Openness through Self-determination

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AutorLuca Belli - Carlos Baca - Erik Huerta - Karla Velasco
Ocupação do AutorPhD is full-time professor at FGV Law School, where he heads the CyberBRICS project, and an associate researcher at the Center for Comparative Public Law at Paris 2 University - General coordinator of CITSAC. Doctor and Master in Sociology from the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities 'Alfonso Vélez Pliego' (ICSyH) of BUAP and Bachelor...
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109The Value of Internet Openness in Times of Crisis
Connectivity unleashes a virtuous circle of innovation and knowledge and
the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the confidential value it has
acquired for our social, economic, and democratic lives. By reducing the
costs of access to information and knowledge and expanding the ability to share
innovation, open and affordable Internet access facilitates access health informa-
tion and public services, allows to maintain work relations, during a pandemic,
or increase productivity in regular conditions, and promotes greater civic par-
ticipation1. In a nutshell, connectivity empowers people.
In many parts of the Americas, however, Internet penetration is still lagging be-
hind most developing countries and, consequently, Information and Communi-
cation Technology (ICT) literacy, ICT adoption and opportunities that relates to
the use of ICTs are still unevenly spread and, frequently, very limited. Needless
to say, the current pandemic is exacerbating a situation in which digital divides
are already very deep and digital dividends very unequally distributed2.
Before the pandemic struck, the expansion of connectivity produced positive
impacts, tellingly demonstrated data published by the World Bank, according
to which a 10% increase in broadband penetration in Latin American countries
can result in a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of up to 3.19%, with bene-
fits ranging from the generation of services and jobs to an increase in family in-
come3. Yet, the situation varies greatly among the different countries, income
groups and urban or rural populations. The options available in most of Latin
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Luca Belli
Carlos Baca
Erik Huerta
Karla Velasco
Community Network in Latin America:
Unleashing Openness through
Self-determination
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