Colombia Connectivity

The Computing and Society Lab began working with the Colombian Embassy in January 2023 to understand the quality and key determinants of Internet access in Colombia. The team is working to meet the embassy’s request for recommendations and tradeoffs of various technologies, funding structures, and social drivers of Internet adoption to inform national policy. This project will initially focus on the Bajo Cauca, Nariño/Tumaco, and Catatumbo regions, and research questions are being actively discussed. This effort began through a proposal with the U.S. State Department’s Diplomacy Lab and involves all lab members as of February 2023.