Defining and Measuring the Digital Economy in Developing

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Defining and Measuring the Digital Economy in Developing Countries Rumana Bukht & Richard Heeks

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 25 th May 2017 Centre for Development Informatics Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE)

What is the “digital economy”? New Economy Web Economy Information Digital Internet Economy Network

What is the “digital economy”? New Economy Web Economy Information Digital Internet Economy Network Economy Centre for Development Informatics Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE)

What is the “digital economy”? Digital Sector Digital Economy Digitalised Economy “that part of

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 Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE)

What is the “digital economy”? Extensive Intensive √ X Centre for Development Informatics Development

What is the “digital economy”? Extensive Intensive √ X Centre for Development Informatics Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE) Image Sources: https: //blog. gaadikey. com/taxi-service-uber-partners-with-airtel-in-india/; http: //mobileappcreatorz. blogspot. co. uk

Digital economy definitions Digital Fluidity technologies Digital processes and Generativity resource flows Digitality Digitalisation

Digital economy definitions Digital Fluidity technologies Digital processes and Generativity resource flows Digitality Digitalisation and digital Flexibility business models Centre for Development Informatics Digitally-enabled Socio-Materiality network structures Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE)

Digital economy domain DIODE Focal Domains Digital Economy: that part of economic output derived

Digital economy domain DIODE Focal Domains 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 Production Networks Digital Enterprise Digital Trade Organised economic activity producing digital goods or services Centre for Development Informatics Digital Labour Digital Platforms Digital Fabrication Digital Currency Paid or unpaid work producing digital goods or services Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE)

Developing country definitions Centre for Development Informatics Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE)

Developing country definitions Centre for Development Informatics Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE)

Size of the digital economy 4. 0% Digital Economy (GDP %) 2. 5% 1.

Size of the digital economy 4. 0% Digital Economy (GDP %) 2. 5% 1. 0% Global North Centre for Development Informatics Emerging Economies Least-Developed Countries Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE)

DIODE issues Innovation Digital - Generic Enterprise ecosystem development and policy - Specific sociotechnical

DIODE issues Innovation Digital - Generic Enterprise ecosystem development and policy - Specific sociotechnical innovations Digital Labour Centre for Development Informatics Growth & Equity Inequality - Decent work / liveilhoods - Economic convergence - Local market access - Positive deinstitutionalisation - Exclusion from digital economy - Adverse incorporation - Precarity - Volatility - Marginalisation - Negative deinstitutionalisation Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE)

Development Implications of Digital Economies Centre for Development Informatics Development Implications of Digital Economies

Development Implications of Digital Economies Centre for Development Informatics Development Implications of Digital Economies (DIODE)