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Digital Trends
D+C: Development and Cooperation, issue 9 (2021), pp. 23-33
"Digitisation creates many new opportunities and makes processes and work easier. However, the development also bears numerous risks and dangers such as loss of personal freedom and jobs as well as dependence on technology. Policymakers ought to accompany and regulate the digital transformation as w
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¿Hay concentración en internet en América Latina? El caso Chile
Montevideo: Observacom; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 26 pp.
"El análisis de la información disponible para identificar si existe concentración en Internet en manos de pocas empresas en Chile muestra evidencias contundentes que pueden resumirse de la siguiente manera: 1. Acceso a Internet fija: Cuatro empresas concentran el acceso a servicios de Internet f
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Six Stories of Resilience: Digital Technologies as Drivers of Development in the COVID-19 Era
Asia Foundation (2021), 32 pp.
"This white paper discusses how digital technologies are building COVID resilience, shaping and accelerating the recovery, and diffusing within Asia Pacific region (APAC) in ways that are likely to persist in a post-COVID world. Section 1 presents the role of digital technologies in the Sustainable
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¿Hay concentración en internet en América Latina? El caso México
Montevideo: Observacom; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 22 pp.
"El análisis de la información disponible sobre ocho indicadores de concentración en Internet en México muestra que en casi todas ellas unas pocas empresas tienen una posición dominante en el mercado o servicio relevado: 1. Acceso a Internet fija: Con un índice CR4 de 98.7%, en México se obse
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The Economics of Digital Transformation: The Disruption of Markets, Production, Consumption, and Work
London; New York: Routledge (2021), xix, 283 pp.
"The book refers to academic insights from economics and sociology while giving numerous empirical examples drawn from basic and applied research and business. It addresses several burning issues: how are digital processes transforming traditional business models? Does intelligent automation threate
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Exploring the Political, Economic, and Social Implications of the Digital Silk Road Into East Africa: The Case of Ethiopia
In: Global Perspectives on China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Asserting Agency through Regional Connectivity
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2021), pp. 315-346
"Chapter 13 analyses various causal relations through which Ethiopian and Chinese actors interact in the context of the Digital Silk Road initiative. What is playing out in Africa is part of a larger contest between the West and China for dominance over technology and global influence. From a Chines
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Assessing China’s Digital Silk Road: Huawei’s Engagement in Nigeria
LSE Ideas, Digital IR Project (2021), 18 pp.
"The role of information technology in today’s society has made digital infrastructure a critical aspect of geopolitics. Although the private sector has traditionally led such developments, there is increasing evidence that countries are now slowly getting involved. This paper argues that as part
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The Rise of Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent (BAT) and Their Role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
Global Media and Communication, volume 17, issue 1 (2021), pp. 67-86
"The Chinese digital technology giants, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent (BAT), dominate over their competitors in China across platforms that include e-commerce, digital entertainment, e-finance and artificial intelligence (AI). To understand BAT’s corporate power and their strategic role working with
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Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization Formula
Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing (2021), xii, 285 pp.
"This innovative and original book explores the relationship between blockchain and antitrust, highlighting the mutual benefits that stem from cooperation between the two and providing a unique perspective on how law and technology could cooperate. Delivering a legal, economic, and technical analysi
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¿Hay concentración en internet en América Latina? El caso Peru
Montevideo: Observacom; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2021), 18 pp.
"El análisis de la información disponible sobre ocho indicadores de concentración en Internet en Perú muestra que en casi todas ellas unas pocas empresas tienen una posición dominante en el mercado o servicio relevado." (Conclusiones, página 17)
The Digital Silk Road: Perspectives from Affected Countries
Leiden: Leiden Asia Centre (2021), 54 pp.
Menschliche Gesellschaft 4.0: (christliche) Beiträge zum digitalen Wandel
Freiburg: Herder (2020), 141 pp.
"Grundlage für die im Buch enthaltenen Aufsätze ist eine Fachtagung, die im Juli 2019 vom Caritasverband für die Diözese Osnabrück e. V. und dem Ludwig-Windhorst-Haus, der Katholischen Sozialen Akademie des Bistums Osnabrück, initiiert wurde. Dabei sollte das Zentrum der Tagung (und damit des
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"First unveiled in 2015, the Digital Silk Road (DSR) component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has attracted more political and commercial attention as technology-related tensions between the US and China have risen. Whereas large-scale traditional infrastructure projects have so far bee
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Assessing China's Digital Silk Road Initiative: A Transformative Approach to Technology Financing or a Danger to Freedoms?
Council on Foreign Relations (2020)
"As part of China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the biggest infrastructure undertaking in the world, Beijing has launched the Digital Silk Road (DSR). Announced in 2015 with a loose mandate, the DSR has become a significant part of Beijing’s overall BRI strategy, under which China pr
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Bridging the Digital Innovation Divide: A toolkit for developing sustainable ICT-centric ecosystem projects
Geneva: ITU (2020), ix, 70 pp.
"This toolkit is a guide to skills that will empower digital innovation ecosystem actors to turn a community into a thriving a digital society. Developing strong innovation ecosystems is a key component of national development, as innovation — especially in ICTs — is a driver of economic competi
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Digital Innovation Profile Montenegro
Geneva: ITU (2020), vii, 23 pp.
"The three main ecosystems fundamental to the Montenegro digital transformation journey are the national innovation ecosystem, the entrepreneur ecosystem, and the technology ecosystem. These three ecosystems interlink closely to form the innovation landscape, from ideation to market. Each ecosystem
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OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2020
Paris: OECD (2020), 315 pp.
