Global South must adopt digital public infra to achieve SDGs: Kant

The Global South needs to adopt digital public infrastructure to technologically leapfrog and achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday.

Addressing an event organised by Carnegie India, Kant said now the world will grow on the back of digital public infrastructure.

He said if the the world has to grow equitably then the global south is important because 4 billion people still do not have digital identity, 1.3 billion people do not have a bank account, while 133 countries in the world do not have fast payments.