Defining and Measuring the Digital Economy in Developing Countries Rumana Bukht & Richard Heeks Centre for Development Informatics, University of Manchester, UK DIODE Workshop, Yogyakarta, Indonesia 25th May 2017 Centre for Development Informatics
What is the “digital economy”? New Economy Information Economy Web Economy Internet Economy Network Economy Digital Economy Centre for Development Informatics
What is the “digital economy”? Digital Sector Digital Economy Digitalised Economy “that part of economic output derived solely or primarily from digital technologies with a business model based on digital goods or services” Centre for Development Informatics
What is the “digital economy”? Extensive Intensive √ X Centre for Development Informatics Image Sources: https://blog.gaadikey.com/taxi-service-uber-partners-with-airtel-in-india/; http://mobileappcreatorz.blogspot.co.uk
Digital economy definitions Digital technologies Digital processes and resource flows Digitalisation and digital business models Digitally-enabled network structures Digitality Fluidity Generativity Flexibility Socio-Materiality Centre for Development Informatics
Digital economy domain Digital Economy: that part of economic output derived solely or primarily from digital technologies with a business model based on digital services or products Digital Enterprise Digital Labour Digital Trade Digital Platforms Digital Production Networks Digital Fabrication Digital Currency DIODE Focal Domains Organised economic activity producing digital goods or services Paid or unpaid work producing digital goods or services Centre for Development Informatics
Developing country definitions Centre for Development Informatics
Size of the digital economy Centre for Development Informatics
DIODE issues Innovation Growth & Equity Inequality Digital Enterprise - Generic ecosystem development and policy - Specific socio-technical innovations - Decent work / liveilhoods - Economic convergence - Local market access - Positive de-institutionalisation - Exclusion from digital economy - Adverse incorporation - Precarity - Volatility - Marginalisation - Negative de-institutionalisation Digital Labour Centre for Development Informatics
Development Implications of Digital Economies Centre for Development Informatics