Regulating the Digital Economy in Africa : Managing Old and New Risks to Economic Governance for Inclusive Opportunities (English)

While digital technologies offer enormous benefits to the economy and society, they also expose citizens, firms, and markets to risks. This report focuses on understanding these risks to economic governance of the digital economy in African countries and proposes actions to mitigate them, enhancing the possibility of a virtuous cycle enabled by digital technologies. This report emphasizes risks of unfair and unbalanced market outcomes and misuse of...

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Tania Priscilla Begazo Gomez;

Clara Stinshoff;

Hannelore Maria L. Niesten;

Georgiana Pop;

Rong Chen;

Gonçalo Coelho;
Document Date
2024/05/19
Document Type
Report
Report Number
190415
Volume No
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2024/05/20
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Regulating the Digital Economy in Africa : Managing Old and New Risks to Economic Governance for Inclusive Opportunities

Language

English

Rel. Proj ID

3A-Governance and the Digital Economy in Africa -- P172417

Major Sector

FY17 - Public Administration

FY17 - Information and Communications Technologies

Theme

FY17 - Financial Stability,FY17 - Data production, accessibility and use,FY17 - ICT Solutions,FY17 - Financial Sector Integrity,FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building,FY17 - Investment and Business Climate,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Job Creation,FY17 - ICT,FY17 - Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance,FY17 - E-Government, incl. e-services,FY17 - Business Enabling Environment,FY17 - State-owned Enterprise Reform and Privatization,FY17 - Jobs,FY17 - Regulation and Competition Policy

Sector

FY17 - ICT Services,FY17 - Public Administration - Information and Communications Technologies,FY17 - Central Government (Central Agencies)

Topics

Governance,Digitization,

Unit Owning

EFI-AFR2-GOV-FM & PS-2 (EAWG2)

Version Type

Final

Digital Object Identifier

10.1596/41620

Product Line

Advisory Services & Analytics

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Tania Priscilla Begazo Gomez; Clara Stinshoff; Hannelore Maria L. Niesten; Georgiana Pop; Rong Chen; Gonçalo Coelho.

Regulating the Digital Economy in Africa : Managing Old and New Risks to Economic Governance for Inclusive Opportunities (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099051924165027814

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