The Upside of Digital for the Middle East and North Africa: How Digital Technology Adoption Can Accelerate Growth and Create Jobs

by Daniel Lederman, Ana Paula Cusolito, Clment Gvaudan

The argument that digitalization fosters economic activity has been strengthened by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Because digital technologies are general-purpose technologies that are usable across a wide variety of economic activities, the gains from achieving universal coverage of digital services are likely to be large and shared throughout each economy. However, the Middle East and North Africa region suffers from a "digital paradox+?: the region's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464816638
• ISBN13: 9781464816635
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.9" x 10.4"