What is the whitepaper about?
The digitalization of economies and wider society is growing rapidly. However, the rate of uptake of digital technology and transition to digital trade is not equal across the globe, widening the digital divide and putting countries' achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals at risk.
Our whitepaper considers the barriers to uptake and identifies the key role that standards have to play in promoting digitalization in developing economies. It also looks at concerns about cyber security, interoperability and privacy, and building trust in innovative applications of new technology. To address this, our paper proposes a standards-based digitalization toolkit that will help build a resilient and sustainable digital economy.
