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title: "Rural connectivity: Economic benefits of closing the rural digital divide"
description: Chorus commissioned NZIER to assess the potential benefits of closing the urban-rural digital divide.
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# [Rural connectivity: Economic benefits of closing the rural digital divide](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/rural-connectivity-economic-benefits-of-closing-the-rural-digital-divide)

 Written by [The NZIER Team](https://www.nzier.org.nz/news/author/the-nzier-team) | November 13, 2022

Chorus commissioned NZIER to assess the potential benefits of closing the urban-rural digital divide. We consider how digital technology improves how people communicate, work, learn and access services and entertainment. These improvements depend on the degree of access people have to digital technologies and their skills.

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