{"id":469,"date":"2026-02-06T09:12:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gdn.int\/digitalisation\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:13:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:13:23","slug":"economics-of-dpi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gdn.int\/digitalisation\/economics-of-dpi\/","title":{"rendered":"Economics of DPI"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"469\" class=\"elementor elementor-469\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ecdd61 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ecdd61\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e42e3b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e42e3b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5119608 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5119608\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d474bf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d474bf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Economics of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc829e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc829e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/gdn.int\/digitalisation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DSC08256-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-321\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gdn.int\/digitalisation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DSC08256-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gdn.int\/digitalisation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DSC08256-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gdn.int\/digitalisation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DSC08256-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gdn.int\/digitalisation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DSC08256-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gdn.int\/digitalisation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/DSC08256-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b6b47a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b6b47a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8108e7d elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8108e7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;word-spacing: 0em\">Overview<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;word-spacing: 0em\"><\/span><\/div><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daedadc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"daedadc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0In June 2025, we hosted a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gdn.int\/economics-dpi-conference\">day-long conference on the Economics of DPI<\/a> in New Delhi to lay the foundation for policy-relevant, evidence-based research that can inform the scale-up of DPI globally. The conference brought together a diverse group of stakeholders from academia, think tanks, government, multilateral institutions, philanthropy, and industry to engage in meaningful dialogue on the future of DPI. The event also marked the beginning of a sustained, Global South-led research agenda on the economics of DPI.\u00a0<\/p><p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gdn.int\/sites\/default\/files\/Research%20Agenda%20for%20the%20Economics%20of%20DPI.pdf\">research agenda<\/a> that emerged from the conference.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-436fd9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"436fd9a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1700c7a e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1700c7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24911e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"24911e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/KRGxKcICZM0?si=HfZy3gCtsZyo1TmU&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1a893 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ae1a893\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/PPmq0dXBpwk?si=bYXnBPlyJfdDh4U4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3bb3ea e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a3bb3ea\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-209dcf8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"209dcf8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-449144b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"449144b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63b88ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63b88ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;word-spacing: 0em\">Stay Connected<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;word-spacing: 0em\"><\/span><\/div><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfdbeb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfdbeb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have questions, please write to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:DPI@gdn.int\">DPI@gdn.int<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/gdn.us3.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=03d3a8f92f078c9debf72c9cf&amp;id=f817e2913c\">subscribe to the GDN newsletter<\/a> to receive the latest programme updates and announcements.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c11679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8c11679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economics of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Overview \u00a0In June 2025, we hosted a\u00a0day-long conference on the Economics of DPI in New Delhi to lay the foundation for policy-relevant, evidence-based research that can inform the scale-up of DPI globally. 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