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Towards a comprehensive model of the digital economy

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Ismael Peña-LópezAuthors Info & Claims

ICTD '10: Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2369220.2369249

Published: 13 December 2010 Publication History

Abstract

In this research we test the hypothesis that institutional interests and lack of data have led to fragmented models to measure digital development, thus distorting policy design. A qualitative analysis was performed on 55 different models (including composite indices) that have been defined, applied and or/used to describe and measure digital development in the last years.

We will show that most of them can be grouped in two --- the telecommunications and the e-readiness models --- in which the representation of different categories of digital development are unbalanced, biased towards the supply side; they could notably be improved both in quantity (scope) and quality and are usually insufficient to assess the impact of public policies in fostering the Information Society or the use of ICTs for development.

We will state that a more comprehensive framework would improve such models and help in the adoption of public policies that would lead to higher stages of digital development.

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Zhu TChen XZhang WSharp B(2023)Analysis of the Spatial–Temporal Evolution of the Digital Economy and Its Impact on the Employment Structure in China from 2001 to 2020Sustainability10.3390/su1512961915:12(9619)Online publication date: 15-Jun-2023
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Castro IGorinsky S(2016)Estimating the real with the virtual: How does the accuracy relate to the internet penetration?2016 8th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS)10.1109/COMSNETS.2016.7440009(1-8)Online publication date: Jan-2016
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Peña-López IUnwin TKleine DToyama K(2010)Policy-making for digital developmentProceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development10.1145/2369220.2369250(1-10)Online publication date: 13-Dec-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2369220.2369250

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