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001429199 1001_ $$aCusolito, Ana Paula.
001429199 24514 $$aThe Upside of Digital for the Middle East and North Africa :$$bHow Digital Technology Adoption Can Accelerate Growth and Create Jobs.
001429199 250__ $$a1st ed.
001429199 264_1 $$aWashington, D. C. :$$bWorld Bank Publications,$$c2021.
001429199 264_4 $$c©2021.
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001429199 5050_ $$aFront Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 The Digital Paradox in the Middle East and North Africa and the Upside of Digital Technologies -- Notes -- References -- 3 Framework for Understanding the Upside of the Digital Economy -- References -- 4 How Digital Technologies Help to Overcome Market Frictions -- Overcoming Frictions due to Information Asymmetries on Ride-Hailing Platforms -- Overcoming Transport Frictions: IT Sector and Mobility Barriers in West Bank -- Tourism Demand: Overcoming Frictions Associated with Geography and Language Barriers -- Notes -- References -- 5 The Upside of Digital: Empirical Framework and Results -- Lower-Bound Estimates of the Upside of the Digital Economy -- Gains in GDP per Capita -- Gains in Revenue Productivity and Employment in Manufacturing -- Gains in Tourism and Hospitality Industry Jobs -- Reductions in Unemployment and Increases in Female Labor Force Participation -- Summary of the Upside Impact of Digital Technologies -- Notes -- References -- 6 Three Foundational Pillars of the Digital Economy -- Digital Infrastructure -- Digital Payments -- Regulations for E-commerce -- Notes -- References -- 7 Addressing Challenges and Mitigating Risks -- Liberalization and Competition as Drivers of Mobile Digital Data Technology Adoption -- Competition in the Digital Services Market -- Risk Associated with Digital Social Media -- Data Governance -- Data Privacy in Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Notes -- References -- 8 Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix A: Modeling the Relationship between Digital Payments, Bank Regulation, and Banking System Development -- Appendix B:  Benchmark Regressions:  Graphs and Statistics -- Appendix C: Description of New Mobile Data Technology Adoption Rankings -- Boxes.
001429199 5058_ $$aBox 5.1 Empirical Framework for Estimating the Upside of Digital Technologies -- Box 7.1 Four Main Data Governance Paradigms -- Figures -- Figure 2.1 Penetration of Facebook Accounts and Use of Digital Payments, by Region -- Figure 2.2 Correlation between Transparency, Trust, and Use of Digital Payments Worldwide -- Figure 3.1 Framework for Understanding the Interactions between the Development of Digital Infrastructure, Use of Digital Tools, and Societal Trust in Government -- Figure 4.1 Share of Drivers Working Each Week in the Arab Republic of Egypt, by Driver Quality, 2018 -- Figure 4.2 Volume of Orders for Courier or Delivery Services in Jakarta, Indonesia, by Gender of the Driver, 2020 -- Figure 4.3 Change in Demand for Tourism Services, by Determinant -- Figure 5.1 Simulated Schedules for Diffusion of Digital Technology, 2017-50: Linear, Concave, and Logit Functions -- Figure 5.2 The Upside of Digital: Cumulative Gains in GDP per Capita in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2017-45 -- Figure 5.3 Digital Adoption and Export Complementarities: The Issue of Targeting -- Figure 5.4 Cumulative Gains in Revenue Productivity in Formal Manufacturing Enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Perfect Targeting and with No Targeting -- Figure 5.5 Employment Gains from Website Adoption in the Middle East and North Africa and in ­Sub-Saharan Africa, with Perfect Targeting and with No Targeting -- Figure 5.6 Estimated Gains in Tourist Arrivals due to the Adoption of B2C Tools in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2017-47 -- Figure 5.7 Estimated Gains in Tourism-Related Employment due to B2C Digital Technology Adoption in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2017-47.
001429199 5058_ $$aFigure 5.8 Decline in Unemployment due to the Diffusion of Digital Payments in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2017-33 -- Figure 5.9 Correlation between Digital Payments and Female Labor Force Participation, 2017 -- Figure 5.10 Potential Increase in Female Labor Force Participation Rates from the Diffusion of Digital Payments in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2017-49 -- Figure 6.1 Benchmarking the Regulatory Framework for E-commerce, by Country Income Level -- Figure 7.1 Mobile Technology Adoption Rankings in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1981-2019 -- Figure 7.2 ICT Regulatory Authority Independence Index in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa and by Country Income Group, 2017 -- Figure 7.3 Share of Liberalized Countries in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-18 -- Figure 7.4 Share of Foreign Participation in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-18 -- Figure B.1 Coverage of Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure in the Middle East and North Africa and Rest of the World, by GDP per Capita, 2019 -- Figure B.2 Facebook and Internet Use in the Middle East and North Africa and Rest of the World, by GDP per Capita -- Figure B.3 Digital Payments and Online Purchases in the Middle East and North Africa and Rest of the World, by GDP per Capita -- Figure B.4 Use of Financial Accounts in the Middle East and North Africa and Rest of the World, by GDP per Capita, 2017 -- Figure B.5 Download Speeds in the Middle East and North Africa and Rest of the World, by GDP per Capita, 2019 -- Figure B.6 User Prices of Data in the Middle East and North Africa and Rest of the World, by GDP per Capita, 2019.
001429199 5058_ $$aFigure C.1 Mobile Technology Adoption Rankings in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1981-2019 -- Figure C.2 ICT Regulatory Authority Independence Index in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa and by Country Income Group, 2017 -- Figure C.3 Share of Liberalized Countries in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-18 -- Figure C.4 Share of Foreign Participation in the Middle East and North Africa and in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000-18 -- Tables -- Table 4.1 Change in Industry Shares of GDP in the Presence of Mobility Restrictions in West Bank, 1995-2017 -- Table 4.2 Simulated Change in GDP in the Presence of Mobility Restrictions -- Table 7.1 Technology Adoption, Liberalization, and Regulatory Independence -- Table 7.2 Data Stewardship in a Data Governance Framework -- Table 7.3 Regulation on Data Privacy in the Middle East and North Africa -- Table A.1 Relationships between Banking Restrictions, Financial Development, and Digital Payments -- Table A.2 Description of Variables -- Table B.1 ICT Infrastructure Coverage -- Table B.2 ICT Adoption-Digital Finance -- Table B.3 ICT Adoption-Enterprises and E-commerce -- Table B.4 ICT Enablers-E-Government Development Index Subindexes -- Table B.5 ICT Enablers-Quality of Institutions.
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001429199 650_0 $$aEconomic history.
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001429199 650_0 $$aTechnological innovations--Economic aspects.
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001429199 7001_ $$aGévaudan, Clément.
001429199 7001_ $$aLederman, Daniel.
001429199 7001_ $$aWood, Christina.
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