I was going beyond measuring just "extreme poverty" to measuring general economic development. In the modern world, internet is really important because you can

I was going beyond measuring just "extreme poverty" to measuring general economic development. In the modern world, internet is really important because you can need it to do business, order products, look up information, get reading material, get educated, etc, etc. Many developing countries never had public libraries, or homes filled with books, so the internet is way of granting access to essential information in a digital form.