Bridging the digital divide: Measuring digital literacy

Artikel

To promote digital transformation, equal emphasis needs to be placed on digital skills development as to infrastructure development. Integral to investment in digital skills development is the subsequent management and evaluation of digital training programmes. This paper assesses mechanisms to ensure digital training programmes are adequately managed using a standardized data collection framework to measure an internationally accepted digital literacy index. Such an index requires an agile definition of digital literacy, responsive to the fluid nature of the digital economy. The paper also explores the extent to which a G20 advisory body may inform a nationally representative data collection strategy within the context of a data collection process that is cognizant of the evolving demands of businesses and users alike.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal ; ISSN: 1864-6042 ; Volume: 12 ; Year: 2018 ; Issue: 2018-23 ; Pages: 1-20 ; Kiel: Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Survey Methods; Sampling Methods ; Demand and Supply of Labor: General ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Labor Demand ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Economic Development ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Labor ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Policy ; Education and Inequality ; Education and Economic Development ; Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration ; International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
• Subject: digital literacy ; digital skills ; digital divide ; digitalization ; information literacy ; computer literacy ; media literacy ; communication literacy ; technology literacy ; agile policy making ; representative sampling

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Chetty, Krish ; Qigui, Liu ; Gcora, Nozibele ; Josie, Jaya ; Wenwei, Li ; Fang, Chen
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
• (where): Kiel
• (when): 2018

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2018-23
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/177899
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET