The Upside of Digital for the Middle East and North Africa : How Digital Technology Adoption Can Accelerate Growth and Create Jobs
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 service...
Main Authors: | Cusolito, Ana Paula, Gévaudan, Clément, Lederman, Daniel, Wood, Christina A. |
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Format: | Book |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2022
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Online Access: | https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099039307072263321/idu0313e9dfc082ac049c009df7095020eef8689 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37058 |
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