Digital transformation has become a central strategy for modernizing the public sector. This study analyzes the relationships between digital competencies, digital literacy, change management, soft skills, technology adoption, digitization of the public function, digital public services,...

This study investigates digital literacy thresholds within South African higher education institutions in the context of Industry 4.0, focusing on entrepreneurship education. The research addresses the critical gap between current digital competencies and Industry 4.0 requirements, challenging...

This study examines the critical success factors for digital transformation in South Africa's public services, where systemic inefficiency, corruption, and limited transparency have eroded public trust. Using a PRISMA-guided systematic literature review of 64 studies, this study synthesises...

Digital skills are increasingly essential for full participation in modern life. Yet many low-income families face a dual digital divide: limited access to technology and limited ability to use it effectively. These gaps can undermine adults' ability to support their children's education,...

The diffusion and adoption of the internet are necessary for farmers' economic development, including in Indonesia where agriculture continues to employ most of the labor force. However, Indonesian farmers' terms of trade for food crops remain low. This study examines the association between...

Digital skills are critical for promoting gender equality, economic empowerment, and bridging the digital divide. This paper presents stylized facts on the gender gap in digital literacy for a total of 35,661 individuals ranging from pupils to adults using data from the German National...

Technology has become a major driver for business, society, and government in the present times. Businesses use technology to monitor their processes, improve their efficiency, and automate routine tasks along with other things while government may use the technology from a different...

Objective: The article aims to assess the differentiation of the level of digital competences of young adults and identification of factors influencing the level of these competences among respondents disadvantaged by the digital divide. Research Design & Methods: The article discusses the...

The world of labour has been experiencing unprecedented advancements in automation that are changing the working conditions and accelerating productivity. Nevertheless, automation brings uneven benefits to different social and demographic groups in the labour market; vulnerable groups encounter...

The digital connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region is primarily shaped by the availability of ICT infrastructure, the nature of regulatory policies, and the dynamics of competition among service providers. This paper explores the policies and regulations that affect the costs and accessibility...

Information and communication technology (ICT) can boost existing socio-economic inequalities if the former is socially exclusive. Longstanding barriers prevent minoritized populations from accessing ICT, thus leading to a vicious circle between digital divide and poor development. The digital...

This article aims to analyze the influence of three e-Governance information system (IS) quality dimensions - information, system and service quality on usage intention, citizen satisfaction and net benefits in Nepal and assess the moderating role of digital divide on the relationship. It...

Though consumers with vulnerabilities, such as visually impaired or blind and partially sighted people (BPSP), face several marketplace problems and challenges, existing literature provides limited guidance. The present study aims to examine the issues faced by BPSP in accessing financial...

School closures induced by the COVID-19 pandemic led to concerns about student learning. This paper evaluates the effect of school closures on student learning in Uzbekistan, using a unique dataset that allows assessing change in learning over time. The findings show that test scores in math for...

This study presents a rapid assessment of digital technology's adoption in Philippine agriculture and its implications for smallholder farmers. Modernization of agriculture, a perennial goal in agricultural policy, is increasingly linked with digital technologies, as outlined in the Philippine...

This paper offers a comprehensive critical review on digitalisation in rural areas, drawing on international and EU policies, scientific and grey literature and real-life examples from two European H2020 research projects. In doing so, it aims at providing a basic conceptual framework...

The adoption of a Global Digital Compact (GDC) as one of the outcomes of the Summit of the Future opens up the opportunity to address in a systematic manner issues that are of critical importance for the digital global governance. It also poses a challenge to developing countries, as most of...

School closures induced by the COVID-19 pandemic led to concerns about student learning. This paper evaluates the effect of school closures on student learning in Uzbekistan, using a unique dataset that allows assessing change in learning over time. The findings show that test scores in math for...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can reduce information asymmetries and thereby promote rural development for smallholder farmers in developing countries. Despite rising adoption rates of ICTs, many smallholders remain information constraint. Using panel data from 12,456...

Digital skills are increasingly essential for full participation in modern life. Yet many low-income families face a dual digital divide: limited access to technology and limited ability to use it effectively. These gaps can undermine adults' ability to support their children's education,...

Inequality in access to health, education, and employment opportunities is exacerbated in developing nations due to the uneven distribution of access to high-speed internet connections. In Colombia, the government enacted a policy (in 2012) to subsidize internet fees for low-income households so...

Digital skills are increasingly essential for full participation in modern life. Yet many low-income families face a dual digital divide: limited access to technology and limited ability to use it effectively. These gaps can undermine adults' ability to support their children's education,...

Digital technology is increasingly blurring the lines between humans and machines, significantly influencing the distribution of income among workers. The question of how businesses can capitalise on the benefits of digital advancement by optimising internal human capital allocation during the...

The rapid digitalization of sub-Saharan Africa has generated considerable hope for territorial development. Yet behind the dominant discourse of technological leapfrogging lies a troubling reality: the digital divide may amplify existing inequalities rather than reduce them. This study examines...

Technology has become a major driver for business, society, and government in the present times. Businesses use technology to monitor their processes, improve their efficiency, and automate routine tasks along with other things while government may use the technology from a different...

This paper presents a novel longitudinal analysis of U.S. broadband performance trends from 2011 to 2023 using the Measuring Broadband America (MBA) dataset created and managed by the Federal Communications Commission. By systematically analyzing over a decade of actual user measurements, we...

This paper explores the influence of home digitization and various sociodemographic factors on the adoption and intensive use of e-tourism among residents in Spain, with a particular focus on rural destinations and sustainable mobility practices. The utilization of nationally representative...

Digitalization plays a critical role in economic development and ensuring social equity. The advancement of digitalization is expected to expand economic opportunities for previously underserved populations, thereby narrowing income disparities. However, it may also exacerbate inequality due to...