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Bridging the Technological Divide: Technology Adoption by Firms in Developing Countries

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dc.contributor.authorComin, Diego
dc.contributor.authorCirera, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorCruz, Marcio
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-10T20:35:47Z
dc.date.available2022-06-10T20:35:47Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-15
dc.description.abstractMany of the main problems facing developing countries today and tomorrow--growth, poverty reduction, inequality, food insecurity, job creation, recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and adjustment to climate change--hinge on adopting better technology, a key driver of economic development. Access to technology is not enough: firms have to adopt it. Yet it is precisely the uptake of technology that is lagging in many firms in developing countries. The COVID-19 pandemic drove a big uptake of technology, especially digital technologies. Bridging the Technological Divide: Technology Adoption by Firms in Developing Countries takes advantage of this shift to delve into which firms have adopted and use technologies and to what purpose. To do so, it proposes a new approach to measure and understand the adoption and use of technologies by firms. Specifically, it leverages a new data collection instrument, the Firm-level Adoption of Technology (FAT) survey, which provides a very rich characterization of the technologies used and the processes of adoption by firms in developing countries. This book helps open the “black box” of technology adoption by firms. The seventh volume in the World Bank’s Productivity Project series, it will further both research and policy that can be used to support technology adoption by firms in developing countries.en
dc.identifierhttps://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099825106302219640/p17088209e255d0b40bbf40847e1e110f67
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-1826-4
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4648-1826-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37527
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe World Bank Productivity Project;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
dc.subjectDATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
dc.titleBridging the Technological Divideen
dc.title.subtitleTechnology Adoption by Firms in Developing Countriesen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-1826-4
okr.identifier.report173395
okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Innovation
okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Science of Climate Change
okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Technology Innovation
okr.unitETIFE 09782
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