Front 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...

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...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. Overview -- The Need for a New Form of Development -- A Knowledge-Based Development Process -- Readiness for the Knowledge Economy -- The Economic and Institutional Regime -- Human Resources -- Innovation -- Telecommunications and...