Monitoring and Measurement of Digital Inclusion: A Critical Analysis of Key Global Frameworks

dc.contributor.author Meyerhoff Nielsen, Morten
dc.date.accessioned 2021-12-24T17:41:34Z
dc.date.available 2021-12-24T17:41:34Z
dc.date.issued 2022-01-04
dc.description.abstract Taking up the challenge laid down by the High-Level Panel on Digital Co-operation to develop a global framework for measuring digital inclusion, this paper analyses ten current international and national attempts to measure and monitor digital inclusion. Two key questions are asked: What indicators of digital inclusion or inequality exist in current international initiatives? What, if any, are the weaknesses of current indicators to support strategic and practical decision making facilitating digital inclusion? Collectively the ten initiatives include 303 indicators, with access, (127 indictors), skills (62), use (50) and supporting environment (29) emerging as dominate clusters. Skills related to the digital age such as digital competence, critical thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship are limited. Sup-porting elements such as financial inclusion, online identification, security, and trust are largely missing. Focus is on country level data and comparisons. User specific and geographical segmentation of indicators is rare thus limiting their value to decision makers in pinpointing areas, communities, and individuals at risk of digital exclusion.
dc.format.extent 10 pages
dc.identifier.doi 10.24251/HICSS.2022.324
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-9981331-5-7
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/79657
dc.language.iso eng
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Inclusion in Digital Government: Narrowing the Divides
dc.subject digital inclusion
dc.subject global frameworks
dc.subject measurement
dc.subject monitoring
dc.title Monitoring and Measurement of Digital Inclusion: A Critical Analysis of Key Global Frameworks
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