⚖️🌐 In the 21st century conditions, in addition to general socio-economic inequality, new forms of inequality are becoming increasingly important.
One of them is closely connected with the climate agenda, as a large-scale green transformation is now on the agenda of certain international institutions and individual states.
The solution of these problems is possible only through additional compensation being provided by the developed countries to the developing world.
🔹 It is necessary to actively use and implement best practices and technologies around the world that will ensure sustainable consumption and production that do not exacerbate climate change, including by providing equal access to mineral fertilizers for developing countries.
🔹 The use of the system of financial innovations should also become widespread. This will require a high level of solidarity on the part of the rich countries towards the poor.
🔹 It is also critical that the global policy focus should be on eliminating overconsumption in the developed world, rather than perpetuating barriers to under-consumption in the developing world.
In the context of India’s G20 Presidency, Prime Minister Modi's LiFE (Life for Environment) programme is becoming an extremely important mechanism for creating fair new values of equality, both in access to fuel and energy, and in production and consumption for the future of mankind, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/international-institutions-fighting-inequality/
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One of them is closely connected with the climate agenda, as a large-scale green transformation is now on the agenda of certain international institutions and individual states.
The solution of these problems is possible only through additional compensation being provided by the developed countries to the developing world.
🔹 It is necessary to actively use and implement best practices and technologies around the world that will ensure sustainable consumption and production that do not exacerbate climate change, including by providing equal access to mineral fertilizers for developing countries.
🔹 The use of the system of financial innovations should also become widespread. This will require a high level of solidarity on the part of the rich countries towards the poor.
🔹 It is also critical that the global policy focus should be on eliminating overconsumption in the developed world, rather than perpetuating barriers to under-consumption in the developing world.
In the context of India’s G20 Presidency, Prime Minister Modi's LiFE (Life for Environment) programme is becoming an extremely important mechanism for creating fair new values of equality, both in access to fuel and energy, and in production and consumption for the future of mankind, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/international-institutions-fighting-inequality/
#Norms_and_Values #inequality #overconsumption #climatechange
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International Institutions: Fighting Inequality
The on-going global trend towards unsustainable consumption and production, primarily in the societies of the golden billion, can increase the imbalance and inequality between developed and developing countries. Moreover, developing countries can become the…
⚖️🌐 Bringing about global equality and guaranteeing the right to development are two of the key problems facing modern world politics and economics.
Therefore, the imbalance between North and South persists in the inequality of access to resources, investment, technology, and, no less important, in the inequality of opportunities for the development of human capital and social infrastructure. All this sometimes leads to the fact that the term "neo-colonialism" continues to be used both in expert and political discussions. It has not disappeared anywhere in the half-century since its appearance.
Amid the modern conditions of the 21st century, practices that experts characterize as neo-colonial ones amount to more than just the widespread, usual problems which constrain socio-economic development. They also feature new aspects. One of these is climatic and ecological.
Another important aspect of inequality is the digital divide between North and South. The term "digital neo-colonialism" is not rare.
The gap between the North and the South, between the "collective West" and the rest of humanity persists, despite all efforts to overcome during the half century following the collapse of the colonial system, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/neo-colonial-practices-and-global-digital-equality/
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Therefore, the imbalance between North and South persists in the inequality of access to resources, investment, technology, and, no less important, in the inequality of opportunities for the development of human capital and social infrastructure. All this sometimes leads to the fact that the term "neo-colonialism" continues to be used both in expert and political discussions. It has not disappeared anywhere in the half-century since its appearance.
Amid the modern conditions of the 21st century, practices that experts characterize as neo-colonial ones amount to more than just the widespread, usual problems which constrain socio-economic development. They also feature new aspects. One of these is climatic and ecological.
Another important aspect of inequality is the digital divide between North and South. The term "digital neo-colonialism" is not rare.
The gap between the North and the South, between the "collective West" and the rest of humanity persists, despite all efforts to overcome during the half century following the collapse of the colonial system, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Oleg Barabanov.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/neo-colonial-practices-and-global-digital-equality/
#Norms_and_Values #neocolonialism #inequality
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Valdai Club
Neo-Colonial Practices and Global Digital Equality
In the 21st century conditions, practices that experts characterize as neo-colonial ones amount to more than just the widespread, usual problems which constrain socio-economic development. They also feature new aspects, writes Valdai Club Programme Director…
🌍 Despite the traditional idea of the unity of the Arab world, the Middle East region as a whole is characterised by a heterogeneous economic, political, social and resource landscape.
The heterogeneity of the Middle East is largely determined by the scarcity of resources.
🔹 Most importantly — access to water. The Middle East is only home to 1% of the world's renewable fresh water reserves.
🔹 Another equally important problem in the Middle East is the lack and inefficient use of farmland.
🔹 Not all countries in the Middle East have significant mineral resources.
🔹 For a long time, the Middle East has remained the region with the highest level of social and economic inequality.
🔹 The gap between the elites and the main part of the population is complemented by the lack of adequate social mobility, due to the traditional corruption of countries, as well as access to quality education, healthcare, and often to transport.
🔹 One of the manifestations of economic inequality in the Middle East is high unemployment, which stands at about 10%.
Women's emancipation and gender equality are gaining active momentum in the region. Thanks to the digitalisation of the economy, there are new opportunities for the active inclusion of women in economic life. However, progress in this direction has not been achieved everywhere.
The era of the digital economy, with the growth of automation and the development of artificial intelligence, brings with it both new solutions (acceleration of the integration of the region into new global production chains) and new problems for the Middle East.
Tatiana Gladenkova, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Researcher at the Faculty of Geography of Moscow Lomonosov State University, writes on problems of inequality in the Middle East.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/problems-of-inequality-in-the-middle-east/
#Norms_and_Values #MiddleEast #inequality
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The heterogeneity of the Middle East is largely determined by the scarcity of resources.
🔹 Most importantly — access to water. The Middle East is only home to 1% of the world's renewable fresh water reserves.
🔹 Another equally important problem in the Middle East is the lack and inefficient use of farmland.
🔹 Not all countries in the Middle East have significant mineral resources.
🔹 For a long time, the Middle East has remained the region with the highest level of social and economic inequality.
🔹 The gap between the elites and the main part of the population is complemented by the lack of adequate social mobility, due to the traditional corruption of countries, as well as access to quality education, healthcare, and often to transport.
🔹 One of the manifestations of economic inequality in the Middle East is high unemployment, which stands at about 10%.
Women's emancipation and gender equality are gaining active momentum in the region. Thanks to the digitalisation of the economy, there are new opportunities for the active inclusion of women in economic life. However, progress in this direction has not been achieved everywhere.
The era of the digital economy, with the growth of automation and the development of artificial intelligence, brings with it both new solutions (acceleration of the integration of the region into new global production chains) and new problems for the Middle East.
Tatiana Gladenkova, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Researcher at the Faculty of Geography of Moscow Lomonosov State University, writes on problems of inequality in the Middle East.
https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/problems-of-inequality-in-the-middle-east/
#Norms_and_Values #MiddleEast #inequality
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Problems of Inequality in the Middle East
The driver for the development of the countries of the Middle East should be a benchmark for economic diversification. To do this, it is necessary to create a favourable business environment for attracting FDI by, first of all, improving the quality of state…
📆 ANNOUNCEMENT: On September 18 at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
The growing gap between rich and poor countries has now acquired a digital dimension. This became especially noticeable during the pandemic, when people without access to the Internet were deprived of opportunities to engage in distance learning, pursue remote work and the ability to maintain social distance. Developing countries have limited resources and the digital divide will continue to perpetuate their dependence on developed countries.
Multinational corporations seek to monopolise innovations, platforms and services. Rich countries plan to direct financial assistance primarily to the green transformation, rather than the digitalisation of poor countries. Under such conditions, the digital divide may become even deeper.
❓How can we overcome the digital divide?
❓Should poor countries expect help from rich countries in achieving digitalisation?
❓Or is it better to think about a coalition of developing countries that would resolve this problem, for example, through BRICS?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
🎙️ Speakers:
🇷🇺 Igor Ashmanov, President of Kribrum JSC, Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
🇨🇦 Radhika Desai, Professor, Faculty of Political Studies, Director of the Geopolitical Economics Research Group, University of Manitoba (Canada)
🇮🇳 Arvind Gupta, Chairman and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation
🇿🇦 Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa)
🇷🇺 Konstantin Pantserev, Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University
🇫🇷 Jacques Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences (EHESS) and Lomonosov Moscow State University
Moderator:
🚩 Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-inequality-in-access-to-the-digital-future/
Working languages: Russian, English.
ℹ️ Information for the media: In order to get accredited for the event, please fill out the form on our web site. If you have any questions about the event, please call +79269307763.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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The growing gap between rich and poor countries has now acquired a digital dimension. This became especially noticeable during the pandemic, when people without access to the Internet were deprived of opportunities to engage in distance learning, pursue remote work and the ability to maintain social distance. Developing countries have limited resources and the digital divide will continue to perpetuate their dependence on developed countries.
Multinational corporations seek to monopolise innovations, platforms and services. Rich countries plan to direct financial assistance primarily to the green transformation, rather than the digitalisation of poor countries. Under such conditions, the digital divide may become even deeper.
❓How can we overcome the digital divide?
❓Should poor countries expect help from rich countries in achieving digitalisation?
❓Or is it better to think about a coalition of developing countries that would resolve this problem, for example, through BRICS?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
🎙️ Speakers:
🇷🇺 Igor Ashmanov, President of Kribrum JSC, Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
🇨🇦 Radhika Desai, Professor, Faculty of Political Studies, Director of the Geopolitical Economics Research Group, University of Manitoba (Canada)
🇮🇳 Arvind Gupta, Chairman and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation
🇿🇦 Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa)
🇷🇺 Konstantin Pantserev, Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University
🇫🇷 Jacques Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences (EHESS) and Lomonosov Moscow State University
Moderator:
🚩 Oleg Barabanov, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club
https://valdaiclub.com/events/announcements/valdai-club-to-discuss-inequality-in-access-to-the-digital-future/
Working languages: Russian, English.
ℹ️ Information for the media: In order to get accredited for the event, please fill out the form on our web site. If you have any questions about the event, please call +79269307763.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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Valdai Club to Discuss Inequality in Access to the Digital Future
On September 18 at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
⏰ TODAY at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
❓How can we overcome the digital divide?
❓Should poor countries expect help from rich countries in achieving digitalisation?
❓Or is it better to think about a coalition of developing countries that would resolve this problem, for example, through BRICS?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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❓How can we overcome the digital divide?
❓Should poor countries expect help from rich countries in achieving digitalisation?
❓Or is it better to think about a coalition of developing countries that would resolve this problem, for example, through BRICS?
Participants in the discussion will try to answer these and other questions.
A link to the live broadcast of the discussion will be posted on all online platforms of the Valdai Club: on the website, X (formerly Twitter), VKontakte, Telegram and Dzen.
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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UPD: The livestream is over. The video of the discussion is available via the same link. Stay tuned!
🎥 LIVE: at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
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#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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🎥 LIVE: at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.”
https://vk.com/video-214192832_456239118
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LIVE: How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future. An Expert Discussion
On September 18 at 16:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3), the Valdai Club will host a discussion dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future.” More: https://valdaiclu…
⛓️💻 How to Overcome Digital Colonialism
On September 18, the Valdai Discussion Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future”, dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries.
💬 Oleg Barabanov, the moderator of the discussion, called digital inequality an extremely important topic and emphasised that this year the BRICS and G20 agenda was largely devoted to it.
💬 Igor Ashmanov, President of Kribrum JSC, Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, pointed out that the digital divide is often understood as the difference in the access of ordinary users to certain digital technologies. Meanwhile, in his opinion, such access in itself should not be considered an unconditional benefit and the difference in it should not be presented as a key problem. More important, from Ashmanov’s point of view, is another aspect - the stratification between countries, and the lack of technology in developing countries.
💬 Arvind Gupta, Chairman and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation, spoke about India’s experience preventing “digital colonisation”. He emphasised that the Internet was created as a public technology, and not a technology over which only a few select parties should have control. It is important for India that it does not turn into an instrument of influence of certain countries or corporations, as happened at a certain moment. To prevent this from happening in the future, India is creating a public digital infrastructure.
💬 Jacques Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences (EHESS) and Lomonosov Moscow State University, pointed out that in addition to the digital divide between countries, there is a digital divide inside countries. He noted that often, particularly in France at the moment, increases in the cost of living and decreases in income serve as an obstacle to the spread of digitalisation. Speaking about the gap at the country level, he emphasized the need to develop common rules for the whole world.
💬 Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa), returned to the issue of the uneven distribution of science and technology around the world, recognising the serious imbalance between African countries and the rest of the world and the growing digital divide both between and within specific countries. A situation of neo-colonialism is created, when, despite formal sovereignty, state policy in many areas is actually controlled from abroad. To overcome this, he considers it necessary to work more actively at the BRICS+ level.
💬 Radhika Desai,Professor, Faculty of Political Studies, Director of the Geopolitical Economics Research Group, University of Manitoba (Canada), is confident that if current trends continue, the digital divide, which has been on the international agenda since the beginning of the 2000s, will increase. She compared the socio-economic consequences of insufficient access to digital technologies with those of illiteracy in the last century. She believes important aspects of this include providing the world with electricity and industrial development, as well as improving education, without which digital development is impossible.
💬 Konstantin Pantserev, Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, analysed the relationship between the concepts of technological sovereignty and the digital divide. According to him, digital technology was and is perceived by African countries as a key tool for economic development. As a result, almost the entire ICT industry of the continent came under the control of Western businesses.
https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/how-to-overcome-digital-colonialism/
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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On September 18, the Valdai Discussion Club hosted an expert discussion, titled “How to Avoid Inequality in Access to the Digital Future”, dedicated to the technological gap between developed and developing countries.
💬 Oleg Barabanov, the moderator of the discussion, called digital inequality an extremely important topic and emphasised that this year the BRICS and G20 agenda was largely devoted to it.
💬 Igor Ashmanov, President of Kribrum JSC, Member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, pointed out that the digital divide is often understood as the difference in the access of ordinary users to certain digital technologies. Meanwhile, in his opinion, such access in itself should not be considered an unconditional benefit and the difference in it should not be presented as a key problem. More important, from Ashmanov’s point of view, is another aspect - the stratification between countries, and the lack of technology in developing countries.
💬 Arvind Gupta, Chairman and Co-founder of Digital India Foundation, spoke about India’s experience preventing “digital colonisation”. He emphasised that the Internet was created as a public technology, and not a technology over which only a few select parties should have control. It is important for India that it does not turn into an instrument of influence of certain countries or corporations, as happened at a certain moment. To prevent this from happening in the future, India is creating a public digital infrastructure.
💬 Jacques Sapir, Professor of Economics at the Paris Higher School of Social Sciences (EHESS) and Lomonosov Moscow State University, pointed out that in addition to the digital divide between countries, there is a digital divide inside countries. He noted that often, particularly in France at the moment, increases in the cost of living and decreases in income serve as an obstacle to the spread of digitalisation. Speaking about the gap at the country level, he emphasized the need to develop common rules for the whole world.
💬 Rasigan Maharajh, Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation at the Tshwane University of Technology (South Africa), returned to the issue of the uneven distribution of science and technology around the world, recognising the serious imbalance between African countries and the rest of the world and the growing digital divide both between and within specific countries. A situation of neo-colonialism is created, when, despite formal sovereignty, state policy in many areas is actually controlled from abroad. To overcome this, he considers it necessary to work more actively at the BRICS+ level.
💬 Radhika Desai,Professor, Faculty of Political Studies, Director of the Geopolitical Economics Research Group, University of Manitoba (Canada), is confident that if current trends continue, the digital divide, which has been on the international agenda since the beginning of the 2000s, will increase. She compared the socio-economic consequences of insufficient access to digital technologies with those of illiteracy in the last century. She believes important aspects of this include providing the world with electricity and industrial development, as well as improving education, without which digital development is impossible.
💬 Konstantin Pantserev, Professor at the Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, analysed the relationship between the concepts of technological sovereignty and the digital divide. According to him, digital technology was and is perceived by African countries as a key tool for economic development. As a result, almost the entire ICT industry of the continent came under the control of Western businesses.
https://valdaiclub.com/events/posts/articles/how-to-overcome-digital-colonialism/
#Norms_and_Values #digitalisation #technologicalgap #inequality
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