Financing digital justice: Turning vision into reality

The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) highlights a critical financing gap in achieving global digital justice and inclusion. Following the WSIS+20 High Level Event, the document notes that rising debt in developing countries and cuts in international development finance hinder sustainable digital development. WACC proposes four strategies to address this: taxing digital corporations, linking digital governance with development finance frameworks, increasing national public investment, and mobilizing diverse funding sources from philanthropic and private sectors.

• The pursuit of digital justice and inclusion is hindered by a 'bleak finance scenario' where traditional funding sources for collective efforts have largely disappeared.
• Developing countries faced a significant debt burden of approximately USD 11.5 trillion in 2023, which obstructs sustainable development and climate crisis responses in the Global South.
• International development finance is under strain due to the US cutting development financing, Europe redirecting funds toward defence, and the failure of the UN's proposed global 'AI fund' to materialize.
• WACC proposes four specific measures to fund digital justice: implementing taxes on digital corporations, integrating digital governance with the Seville Platform for Action on Financing for Development, increasing national public investment in inclusive ecosystems, and mobilizing transparent funding from market and philanthropic sectors.

APA

Miller, T. R. (2025). Financing digital justice: Turning vision into reality. World Association for Christian Communication. https://waccglobal.org/financing-digital-justice-turning-vision-into-reality/

Chicago

Miller, Terri R. Financing digital justice: Turning vision into reality. World Association for Christian Communication, 2025. https://waccglobal.org/financing-digital-justice-turning-vision-into-reality/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{miller2025financing, author = {Miller, Terri R.}, title = {{Financing digital justice: Turning vision into reality}}, publisher = {World Association for Christian Communication}, year = {2025}, month = jul, url = {https://waccglobal.org/financing-digital-justice-turning-vision-into-reality/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }