世界超过半数人口仍无法使用互联网

世界超过半数人口仍无法使用互联网

More people in the developing world are getting smart phones, and this technology is making a difference, not just in people's lives, but in making government more efficient, says Kenyan official Joe Mucheru.

发展中国家越来越多的人们正开始使用智能手机，而肯尼亚官员乔?默克鲁表示这项技术发挥着至关重要的作用，不仅为人们的生活带去了便利，政府也因它更为高效。

"You know, we have got huge fights in terms of corruption 1, transparency, openness, and technology is really the vehicle we're using to ensure that you know whatever transactions are taking place, you can see them.

“你知道，我们在打击腐败、提高自身透明公开方面做出了很大的努力，而且我们正将技术用作工具，保证我们的人民了解正在发生什么样的事务运作，而且能够亲眼看到。

They're digital."

它们正变得数字化。”

But there are still parts of the world that are not connected.

但有些地区仍无法连接到互联网。

"Obviously, we look at Africa, we look at Southeast Asia-there are large swaths…of these population that are not connected."

“很明显，我们可以看看非洲及东南亚大部分地区，那些地区很多人仍无法使用互联网。”

Once people start using smartphones, they talk less and use more data, making high-speed service a necessity, says Denis O'Brien, of the mobile phone company Digicel.

移动公司Digicel的丹尼斯?奥布莱恩表示一旦人们开始使用智能机，他们就会减少交谈并且使用更多数据，这样高速服务就成为了人们生活的必需。

But building the infrastructure 2 is a challenge.

但基础设施建设仍然是摆在眼前的难题。

"Everybody's built the easy bit.

“每个人都只会挑简单的工作。

In other words, they've done the towns and the cities, but going into rural communities-they haven't done it because the business case is very thin."

换句话说，城镇的基础设施建设已经完成，但由于利润低，因此边远地区的建设还远远不够。”

Experts say the private and public sectors 3 need to come together to bring the internet to remote and developing regions, and drive economic growth.

专家认为私营企业及政府部门应携手合作，将网络带到边远地区及发展中地区，促进经济增长。

“Any country that wants to create investment and be a location for investment to create employment, the first thing you need is broadband.”

“任何国家想要创造投资、希望投资创造就业，首当其冲就需要互联网。”

Yet to those who see technology as solving everything, professor Kentaro Toyama notes, America's social problems did not end when digital innovation began decades ago.

肯塔罗?塔亚玛教授则认为，尽管对于某些人来说技术似乎能解决一切问题，但几十年前出现的数字革新技术并没有从根本上解决美国的社会问题。

"During that same span of time, this country has experienced rising inequality; the medium income has declined."

“在同一时段，美国遇到了不平等问题日益加剧；中产阶级收入降低等等。”

So a smartphone alone won't help poor people out of poverty, adds Toyama.

塔亚玛教授补充说因此仅凭智能手机本身无法帮助穷苦大众脱困。

“They do have no phone, our people, for example, who are you know, physical laborers 4 on farms, where it really doesn't make too much of a difference if you can have access to the latest agronomic 5 research paper as a way to improve your farming."

“我们的人民的确没有手机，举例而言农田的体力劳动者就是这样，但其实这并没有什么区别，就算能够获得最新的农业研究报告，也无法改善农业现阶段所面临的问题。”

But O'Brien says the opposite is true.

但奥布莱恩认为并非如此。

"Once you get broadband, you know, you can educate people.

“一旦有了互联网，就意味着能够受到教育。

You can create jobs for people, and people from an agricultural point of view become much more efficient."

你可以为人们创造就业机会，并且就农业角度而言，人们的工作也会更加高效。”

He also pointed 6 to cultural differences in each country.

他还指出,每个国家所存在的文化差异。

Giving the Kenyan point of view, Mucheru said, "The internet is going to make a change.

考虑到肯尼亚的状况, 默克鲁说道:“互联网会带来改变。

It is critical for people.

这对人们而言至关重要。

I think the fact that maybe some of the people in the West haven't come out of poverty because they have not used their devices well is not the same for Africa."

我认为也许西方有些人还没有摆脱贫困就是因为他们还没有使用到他们自己研发的设备，而这样的事实并不适用于非洲的情况。”

Cisco's Romanski said it takes cooperation among private, government and nonprofit sectors to maximize the impact of technology.

而思科的拉曼斯基表示私人，政府及非盈利利部门之间需要展开合作,将技术的影响力最大化。

"So it's going to take all the parties coming together to drive the right cultural shift and the right education into these countries so that the developing market can, over the long term, enjoy the benefits of economic growth," he said.

The experts agreed that positive change in a nation can happen if education about technology is combined with the right policies.

“因此各方需要携手将这种正确的文化变革及正确的教育融入这些国家发展中,这样从长远来看,这些发展中国家的市场会从经济增长中获益。”