Indian G20 Sherpa says expansive DPI adoption by Global South will speed SDG attainment

An Indian government representative (or “Sherpa”) at the G20, Amitabh Kant, has called for more countries of the Global South to develop and deploy digital public infrastructure (DPI) in order to hasten their march towards attaining the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Speaking at a recent Global Technology Summit organized by Carnegie India, Kant posited that for the Global South to be part of the equitable global development dynamic, the building blocks of DPI must be built and now, …

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