Bridging the digital divide in the G20: Skills for the new age

Artikel

The digital divide in general, and between women and men in particular, is a manifestation of exclusion, poverty and inequality, and is likely to continue because of the effects of unemployment, poorly functioning digital skilling programmes and socio-cultural norms in some economies, and further depriving women equal access to digital services. Digital skills provide the poor a catalyst to break out of the cycle of poverty and empower themselves. This paper proposes a three-pronged digital skills strategy that will be required for developing countries to break out of the digital divide trap: (1) Monitor the evolving set of digital skills required for employment, (2) incorporate a holistic digital skills development strategy into national education programmes, and (3) contextualize skilling programs within prevailing socio-cultural norms that will shape the uptake and impact of digital skilling programs.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal ; ISSN: 1864-6042 ; Volume: 12 ; Year: 2018 ; Issue: 2018-24 ; Pages: 1-20 ; Kiel: Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: 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
• Thema: digital skills ; digital divide ; digitalization ; information literacy ; computer literacy ; media literacy ; communication literacy ; technology literacy ; socio-cultural norms

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Chetty, Krish ; Aneja, Urvashi ; Mishra, Vidisha ; Gcora, Nozibele ; Josie, Jaya
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
• (wo): Kiel
• (wann): 2018

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2018-24
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/177900
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ