Digital Divide and External Trade Liberalization in the MENA Region: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigations

Zhang, Xiaoqun

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92133-0_6

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“…Digital divide has become more than a sociodemographic difference reference concept [36,37]. It has been criticised from several points of view [38] and continues to make waves in the academic, political, and socio-economic environments [39]. Described as the no.…”

Section: Modelling the Digital Divide Indexmentioning

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Shaping the Inclusivity in the New Society by Enhancing the Digitainability of Sustainable Development Goals with Education

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The literature introduced the concepts of sustainability and digitalisation as one, mixed-combined and named as digitainability. By linking digital divide, sustainability, and digitalisation, the authors aimed to: (i) identify variables that might influence the digital divide index; (ii) determine variables to model sustainable development goals; and (iii) create a model to explain digitainability through education. Analysing the sample of 13 EU developed countries, the authors created three econometric models and analysed the manner of how education might shape the inclusivity in a new and ever-growing Society. The results generated an inter-connected model that shows that new Society depends on the users’ medium or high skills because of their strong and positive influence on the digital divide index. The scientific contribution reveals solutions for an inclusive future, not far from the demanding requirements of the present. The theoretical implications shape the necessity to collaborate with policy makers to optimise the educational public system requirements in order to form prepared specialists for high-demanding markets in which they will work. The orientation of managerial implications of top leaders from companies must address an adapted mindset to collaborate with the academic environment to discover and understand the truth about the challenges of the new Era.

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Section: Modelling the Digital Divide Indexmentioning

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Shaping the Inclusivity in the New Society by Enhancing the Digitainability of Sustainable Development Goals with Education

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“…All three levels of the digital divide consequently result in and may further reproduce other forms of digital inequalities (Ragnedda and Ruiu, 2017). As a result, there have been political and policy implications of a digital divide in the MENA region ranging from health, education, and employment sectors, as pointed out by Zhang (2022), Whaibeh (2022) and Cava et al (2011). Therefore, it seems essential to deconstruct the notion of digital inclusion and investigate the inequalities that are the consequences of social, cultural and economic dispositions.…”

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Digital inequalities in North Africa: Examining employment and socioeconomic well-being in Morocco and Tunisia

Bokhari,

Awuni

2023

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Med

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The term digital divide refers to disparities in digital access, infrastructure, and opportunities. However, it is important to recognize that information and communication technologies (ICTs) do not operate in isolation. They are influenced by social and structural factors. This study focuses on Tunisia and Morocco to examine access to and usage of digital technologies, factors shaping these patterns, and the impact of unequal access and usage on employment and socioeconomic well-being in the post-Arab Spring era. Using Afrobarometer household surveys from 2013 to 2022, encompassing 9595 respondents, we construct a digital inclusion index and disaggregate results to illustrate the dynamics of digital inequalities. We employ pooled logistic regression to explore the determinants of digital inclusion and examine how disparities shape well-being. Findings show improved digital inclusion in Morocco and Tunisia from 2013 to 2022, yet over 80% of their populations remain partially or entirely excluded. We confirm previous studies suggesting that digitalization mirrors or exacerbates preexisting inequalities, with gender, age, education, and socioeconomic status significantly influencing digital inclusion, indicating persistent inequalities and barriers. Our findings also have broader implications for the MENA region, emphasizing the need to address the complex interactions among sociodemographic factors, including gender, age, education, and socioeconomic disparities, in order to achieve equitable digital inclusion.

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Investigating the Country of Origin and the Role of the .eu TLD in External Trade of European Union Member States

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The Internet, and specifically the World Wide Web, has always been a useful tool in the effort to achieve more outward-looking economies. The launch of the .eu TLD (top-level domain) in December of 2005 introduced the concept of a pan-European Internet identity that aimed to enhance the status of European citizens and businesses on the global Web. In this study, the countries of origin of websites that choose to use the .eu TLD are investigated and the reasoning behind that choice, as well as its relation to each country’s economy and external trade are discussed. Using the Web as a tool, information regarding a vast number of existing .eu websites was collected, through means of Web data extraction, and this information was analyzed and processed by a detailed algorithm that produced results concerning each website’s most probable country of origin based on a multitude of factors. This acquired knowledge was then used to investigate relations with each member-state’s presence in its local ccTLD, its GDP and its external trade revenue. The study establishes a correlation between presence in the .eu TLD and external trade that is both independent of a country’s GDP and stronger than the relation between its local ccTLD presence and external trade.

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Digital Divide and External Trade Liberalization in the MENA Region: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigations

Cited by 3 publications

References 35 publications

Shaping the Inclusivity in the New Society by Enhancing the Digitainability of Sustainable Development Goals with Education

Shaping the Inclusivity in the New Society by Enhancing the Digitainability of Sustainable Development Goals with Education

Digital inequalities in North Africa: Examining employment and socioeconomic well-being in Morocco and Tunisia

Investigating the Country of Origin and the Role of the .eu TLD in External Trade of European Union Member States

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