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OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2020

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The OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2020 examines trends and analyses emerging opportunities and challenges in the digital economy. It highlights how OECD countries and partner economies are taking advantage of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the Internet to meet their public policy objectives. Through comparative evidence, it informs policy makers of regulatory practices and policy options to help maximise the potential of the digital economy as a driver for innovation and inclusive growth.

This third edition of the OECD Digital Economy Outlook provides a holistic overview of converging trends, policy developments and data on both the supply and demand sides of the digital economy. It illustrates how the digital transformation is affecting economies and societies. Finally, it provides a special focus on how the COVID-19 pandemic is amplifying opportunities and challenges from the digital transformation.

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Digital innovation

Digital technologies are both a key area of research and innovation and themselves a key foundation for developments in research and innovation. This chapter looks at recent trends in innovation in digital technologies before examining how digitalisation and data are profoundly impacting the science, research and innovation that help drive those technological developments. Subsequently, it looks at how digital technologies, and particularly artificial intelligence (AI), are helping search for ways to manage and treat the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, the chapter touches upon the increasing role of digital technologies in managing national science and innovation systems and policy.

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