“Inequality and its Impact on Access to Information Technologies” is a study that aims to estimate the size of the impact that access to mobile terminals and computers, mobile service coverage and fixed internet service has, in relation to the development of the country, particularly in two of its components: the Marginalization Index and the Gini coefficient.
The purpose of this is to know the relationship between these components and, based on this, to generate inputs to design and execute public policies aimed at promoting the affordability of ICTs and telecommunication services with equal opportunities for the entire Mexican population, with special attention to the most marginalized and remote areas.
As part of the results obtained in the study with the econometric model developed, as the Marginalization Index improves, there is greater availability of access to telecommunications terminals and services in households.
Also, when comparing the indicators of access and economic inequality, it was found that the states with the highest degrees of access are those with the highest percentages of income inequality. The entity with the lowest access to ICTs and the greatest economic inequality is Chiapas, while the highest is Mexico City.

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• Mexico

• Remote and rural communities

This project can be implemented in an easy way since each country can replicate the project by getting the information from public sites or consultations, which should be easily accessible to users.

The study displays a detailed analysis of the state of digital inequality by each state of Mexico and a sample of 1075 municipalities measured with the two indicators stated above, showcasing how marginalization can affect the allocation of the infrastructure needed to have proper access to telecommunications services and ICTs. The development of this study is part of the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) compromise to contribute to the reduction of the digital divide to build an inclusive society where everyone can have access to ICTs easily and affordably. The study was carried out based on measurements established on the Marginalization Index, which considers the deprivations suffered by the population due to lack of access to education, living in inadequate housing, insufficient monetary income and those related to living in small towns; and the Gini Coefficient, used to calculate the income inequality that exists among the citizens of a country.