Leveraging Digitalization for Productivity and Decent Employment

2024

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1) This report explores how digitalization can drive productivity and decent employment in Asia-Pacific countries in special situations (LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDS) facing limits to traditional industrialization.
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- Evaluates the current productivity and employment patterns, highlighting the expanding role of the services sector and the baseline digitalization landscape via the Digital Transformation Index.
- Analyzes the complex nexus between digitalization, productivity, and workforce impacts, including challenges related to digital infrastructure, skills gaps, and service-sector diversity.
- Outlines national policy considerations, success stories, and the importance of regional cooperation for digital trade, investment, and infrastructure development.
3) Tags: digitalization, productivity, employment, Asia-Pacific, services sector

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