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Track 11: Accelerating Digital Transformation in the Global South<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This Track creates space for dedicated conversations that focus on the unique challenges and opportunities faced by nations and actors in and of the Global South relating to digital transformation. Consideration in these contexts is often framed in terms of what is wrong or missing, and the list is long: issues of digital inclusion and access for marginalised populations; challenges in implementing effective basic e-government services, which is further deferred by the general lack of formal digital identities; lack of robust regulations and enforcement mechanisms for data governance, including inadequate data protection frameworks; digital literacy and skills gap in policy, administration, and also amongst populations; limited resources for implementing robust cybersecurity measures and responding to cyber incidents; inadequate regulatory frameworks leading ethical and governance concerns; limited preparedness and infrastructure for mainstreamed digital trade and e-commerce; digital geopolitics and digital sovereignty concerns; etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, some positive aspects and opportunities may be considered, such as growing youthful populations, cultural diversities and indigenous knowledge systems that may be harnessed for creativity and innovation, digital leapfrogging opportunities as has been seen in examples of the rapid uptake of mobile and fintech technologies; locational advantages such as natural resource endowments and renewable energy resources; South-South cooperation such as the BRICS which can lead to mutually beneficial partnerships and collective solutions to developmental challenges; and so forth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Track invites innovative papers, theoretical or practical, that offer developmental, political economy, socio-technical, social justice, anthropological, decolonial, and other perspectives and analyses \u2013 including from the humanities, arts, and social sciences \u2013 on accelerating digital transformation, addressing current challenges, and exploring novel potentialities in the Global South. Contributions presenting applied experiences, successful initiatives, and transferable lessons from diverse regional and national contexts are particularly welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arpine Korekyan<\/h4>\n

Governance and Public Administration Officer<\/p>\n

Uninted Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)<\/p>\n

United States of America<\/p>\n

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Tomasz Janowski<\/h4>\n

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Gda\u0144sk University of Technology<\/p>\n

Poland<\/p>\n

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