In preparation of the strategic planning a few years ago, we at the Audi
committee made some calculation to estimate the theoretical potential of
donation from different perspectives, like what other NGO got.
We then come to the standpoint that the potential was several times that
of 2009-2010 donations. We have now already doubled that amount, and
perhaps we are getting closer to the theoretical potential, but this
gives the estimate of a potential donation of something between 50-200
MUSD. And the benefit must surely be a few times of the potential
donations, So a rough estimate of benefit based on this reasoning would
be in the magnitude of 100-500 MUSD/year
Anders
Andrew Gray skrev 2013-04-08 14:36:
The Economist had an estimate recently:
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21573091-how-quantify-gains-internet-has-brought-consumers-net-benefits
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/technology-2
- of approximately $50m "value" to readers. It's a pretty vague
estimate, but it's an interesting start.
Andrew.
On 8 April 2013 13:28, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote:
Hi all,
Last weekend we had a discussion about how to 'sell' the importance of
Wikipedia to economics-focused people (a.k.a. politicians etc), and the
question came up on how much Wikipedia contributes to the global economy.
Many people access it daily, and the information they get from that might
help them to run businesses, be more efficient etc. Third world countries
(and maybe even the rest of the world) might have better educated people
thanks to Wikipedia, which might make better and more efficient workers,
higher literacy and cheaper university educations.
Has there been any scientific (or other) research on the effect Wikipedia
has (or had) on the world economy, or even the economy of a specific
country/region? There are some numbers what Wikipedia would be 'worth' if
it were a commercial company, but that is not what I'm looking for. What is
Wikipedia worth to society, the way it currently runs.
Alternatively, are there similar studies to other knowledge compendiums, or
even 'the internet'?
Thanks for any pointers!
Lodewijk
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