The EU’s Internet penetration rate, at 28% per 100 inhabitants, is almost half that of Asia. The European Commission wants 50% of the EU to have speeds of 30 Mbps by 2013 and 100 Mbps by 2020. The EU and the US are both feeling the heat coming from Asia’s dominant connectivity to the Internet, and are investing heavily to catch up with their eastern competitors. But the EU’s strategy for connecting more people to the Internet is “a little detached from reality,” argues Aarti Holla from the European Satellite Operators Association. In an interview with EurActiv, the ESOA secretary-general said countries will lose money by focusing on Internet speeds.
Adopting AI in Sri Lanka’s public sector with vision & caution: Insights from LIRNEasia’s Merl Chandana at AI Asia Summit ’24
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers significant potential to enhance public services and drive innovation within Sri Lanka’s public sector. At the AI Asia Summit 2024 in Colombo, Merl Chandana, Research Manager and head of the Data, Algorithms, and Policy (DAP) team at LIRNEasia, shared insights on how the government can harness AI effectively and responsibly.
Software failures and public funds: Monumental coding errors explained
In the world of technology, programming errors—whether stemming from minor oversights or fundamental misunderstandings—can have catastrophic consequences. From the tragic failure of spacecraft missions to the collapse of critical infrastructures, history is filled with examples where a simple bug or miscalculation triggered massive disasters.
Aswesuma to Prajashakthi: considerations for future social protection programmes
This article was carried in the Daily Mirror on 17 October 2024 on International Eradication of Poverty Day Poverty in Sri Lanka has increased significantly with the onset of COVID-19 and the macroeconomic crisis. LIRNEasia’s national survey in 2023 highlighted that 4 million people fell into poverty between 2019 and 2023, causing 7 million individuals — or 31% of the population — to live in poverty at the time.
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