Overview of Digital Development in the Horn of Africa
This paper follows the World Bank Group’s approach to Jobs and Economic Transformation (JET) which identifies economic transformation as key to creating more and better jobs. It builds on the Digital Economy for Africa (DE4A) approach to developing a digital economy to create the jobs of the f...
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okr-10986-364582021-11-04T05:10:50Z Overview of Digital Development in the Horn of Africa Kelly, Timothy Dunand, Eric DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE E-COMMERCE DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES CYBERSECURITY MOBILE MONEY FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY This paper follows the World Bank Group’s approach to Jobs and Economic Transformation (JET) which identifies economic transformation as key to creating more and better jobs. It builds on the Digital Economy for Africa (DE4A) approach to developing a digital economy to create the jobs of the future, which is aligned with the African Union’s Digital Transformation Strategy, 2020-2030. Helping countries build new digital This section is prepared in the context of Covid-19 pandemic that threatens decades of hard-won development gains and is likely to have triggered the deepest global recession since the World War II. The economic crisis is generating massive unemployment, particularly affecting the poor and vulnerable, and highlights the importance of jobs and economic transformation. The HoA countries already faced the challenge of a population growth at a rate around 3% preinfrastructure, and to develop regulations, skills and platforms that are compatible with neighboring countries should enable them to develop a larger and more efficient digital market that can facilitate economic transformation by enabling technological leapfrogging, and the creation of new jobs in old and new sectors. New forms of market connectivity can bring opportunities for new services and regional economic development in the Horn of Africa. 2021-11-03T13:51:40Z 2021-11-03T13:51:40Z 2021-06-21 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/233431634259568617/Overview-of-Digital-Development-in-the-Horn-of-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36458 English Horn of Africa Regional Economic Memorandum Background Paper;No. 6 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Country Economic Memorandum Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia |
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This paper follows the World Bank Group’s
approach to Jobs and Economic Transformation
(JET) which identifies economic transformation
as key to creating more and better jobs. It builds
on the Digital Economy for Africa (DE4A) approach
to developing a digital economy to create the
jobs of the future, which is aligned with the
African Union’s Digital Transformation Strategy,
2020-2030. Helping countries build new digital
This section is prepared in the context of
Covid-19 pandemic that threatens decades of
hard-won development gains and is likely to have
triggered the deepest global recession since the
World War II. The economic crisis is generating
massive unemployment, particularly affecting
the poor and vulnerable, and highlights the
importance of jobs and economic transformation.
The HoA countries already faced the challenge
of a population growth at a rate around 3% preinfrastructure,
and to develop regulations, skills and
platforms that are compatible with neighboring
countries should enable them to develop a larger
and more efficient digital market that can facilitate
economic transformation by enabling technological
leapfrogging, and the creation of new jobs in old and
new sectors. New forms of market connectivity can
bring opportunities for new services and regional
economic development in the Horn of Africa. |
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Overview of Digital Development in the Horn of Africa |
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Overview of Digital Development in the Horn of Africa |
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Overview of Digital Development in the Horn of Africa |
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2021 |
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