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Closing the digital gender gap
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Technology and Communications
Internet Media and Services
Business Model Description

Provide Internet access services through pre-established fixed plans with subsidized funds from the public sector.

Expected Impact

Providing internet access to women will enable them to achieve social, economic and well-being development.

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Updated: 18 Dec, 2023 Date of Production: 7 Sep, 2023
Dominican Republic
Investment TimeframeDescribes the time period in which the IOA will pay-back the invested resources. The estimate is based on asset expected lifetime as the IOA will start generating accumulated positive cash-flows.
Short Term (0–5 years)
Market SizeDescribes the value of potential addressable market of the IOA. The market size is identified for the IOA by establishing the value in USD, identifying the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) or providing a numeric unit critical to the IOA.
More than 2,000 women benefiting from social subsidy programs
Average Ticket Size (USD)Describes the USD amount for a typical investment required in the IOA.
USD 1 million - USD 10 million
Direct ImpactDescribes the primary SDG(s) the IOA addresses.
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (SDG 9) Partnerships For the Goals (SDG 17) Gender Equality (SDG 5)
Indirect ImpactDescribes the secondary SDG(s) the IOA addresses.
Quality Education (SDG 4) Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG 8)

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Sector Sources
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IOA Sources
  • 18) Martínez Coral, P. E., 2018. Gaps in Internet use: a lagging front for action in Colombia. https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/bitstream/handle/001/2450/PPS_Brechas_uso_internet1035.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y " 19) MINTIC, 2023. Internet subsidy scheme for strata 1 and 2. https://mintic.gov.co/portal/vivedigital/612/w3-propertyvalue-654.html " 20) Zuo, G. W., 2021. Wired and hired: Employment effects of subsidized broadband Internet for low-income Americans. http://econweb.umd.edu/~zuo/files/Broadband_Zuo_AEJ_Submit.pdf 21) Wang W. & Zhang S., 2022. The Impact of Internet Use on Rural Women’s Off-Farm Work Participation: Empirical Evidence from China. Sustainability. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/24/16972 22) Wang W. & Zhang S., 2022. The Impact of Internet Use on Rural Women’s Off-Farm Work Participation: Empirical Evidence from China. Sustainability. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/24/16972 23) INDOTEL, 2022. Infographic of the two-year development projects plan for the period 2021-2022. https://transparencia.indotel.gob.do/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/infografi-a-plan-bianual-2021-2022.pdf 24) INDOTEL, 2023. Monitoring and Budget Report for the Transparency Portal: project to connect the unconnected. https://transparencia.indotel.gob.do/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_abril_junio_2023_conectar_a_los_no_conectados_pb_21_22_final.pdf 25) Indotel, 2022. Indotel entrega Canasta Digital Social a 2,000 mujeres jefas de hogar, beneficiarias del programa SUPÉRATE. https://indotel.gob.do/indotel-entrega-canasta-digital-social-a-2000-mujeres-jefas-de-hogar-beneficiarias-del-programa-superate/ 26) INDOTEL, 2022. Annual Telecommunications Performance Report 2021. https://transparencia.indotel.gob.do/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/informe-desempeno-de-las-telecomunicaciones-2021.pdf" 27) ONE, 2022. General report ENHOGAR 2021. https://www.one.gob.do/publicaciones/2022/informe-general-enhogar-2021/?altTemplate=publicacionOnline 28) Comisión ODS. 9.c.1 Proportion of population covered by a mobile network, by technology http://ods.gob.do/Indicador/Index/121?fromMenu=True 29) National Multiannual Public Sector Plan 2021–2024. https://mepyd.gob.do/publicaciones/plan-nacional-plurianual-del-sector-publico-2021-2024/ 30) Law 47-20 on Public-Private Partnerships. https://dgapp.gob.do/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/LEY-47-20.pdf 31) Law No. 153-98 – General telecommunications. https://transparencia.indotel.gob.do/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ley-no-153-98-ingles-1.pdf 32) Decree 377-21 creates Supérate program. https://www.superate.gob.do/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Decreto-377-211.pdf 33) Law No. 16-95 on Foreign Investment. https://prodominicana.gob.do/wp/wp-content/themes/ceird/ceirdpdf/Ley-16-95-sobre-Inversion-Extranjera.pdf