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I'm not sure. Only about 34 per cent of schools in India have internet facilities and more than 50 per cent do not have functional computers (https://theprint.in/india/education/only-34-indian-schools-h...). This is hundreds of million of people only in India and there is Africa & Southern Asia hugely in need too.



> Only about 34 per cent of schools in India have internet facilities and more than 50 per cent do not have functional computers

India is an economically powerful country that has nuclear weapons, a robust manufacturing sector (including computing technology), and a space program. They are building a cross country freeway network and their major cities have metro and transit systems that are more advanced than those in most major American cities.

India is not comparable to less developed countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and in fact India's corporations outsource a lot of production to those countries for their extremely low-cost labor, just as the West does with East Asia.

That only 34% of its schools have internet facilities and 50% don't have functional computers is the result of India's massive wealth and social inequality and it's large disparity in standard of living.

This is the result of the policy priorities of Indian politicians and voters, not something that will be fixed by donating used laptops from the West.

If anything, the West seems to be on a trajectory toward developing a huge disparity in the standard of living, like India.




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