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Subnational estimates in Senegal reveal disparities obscured by a national average.

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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗

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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗

Subnational estimates in Senegal reveal disparities obscured by a national average.

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Attributed contributors: Caryl Feldacker. “Subnational estimates in Senegal reveal disparities obscured by a national average..” Connected ≠ Ready: Getting to a Ground-Level View of AI Readiness for Women and Vulnerable Populations. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 16 September 2026. Session time 9:50–11:10. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-742af2f77c14

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Subnational estimates in Senegal reveal disparities obscured by a national average.

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Caryl FeldackerSenior Program Officer, Data and Technology Adoption, Gender Equality Division · Gates FoundationSpeaking in a personal capacityLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Disaggregate geography before deciding where a service is feasible.

Limit: Platform-derived estimates and percentages require methodological qualification.

evaluationcontextual adaptationunequal harms

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