Economic Development in the Digital Age

In this book, Nagy K. Hanna offers a holistic framework that economists and policymakers can use to examine and drive digital transformation. The book offers detailed analyses into development policies, and organizational processes governing digital transformation learning and practice and highlights the reforms needed in countries and aid agencies to meet the challenges of the 21st century. The author offers insight to help reform major aid agencies within the economic development space. The resulting text reimagines the future of development economics. 

Introduction.- the global, technological and institutional contexts.- Motivation.- Early Engagements.- Responding to the Digital Revolutions.- Examining World Bank Digital Strategies.- Advocacy for Digital Transformation.- Digital Strategy for Aid Agencies.

Nagy K. Hanna advises countries and aid agencies on development economics and digital transformation programs. For more than three decades, he held senior positions in operations and strategic functions at the World Bank. Hanna was the World Bank's first senior advisor focused on digital economy. He was Visiting Professor at University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa as well as Senior Fellow and Board Member at the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies. He is Cofounder of People-Centered Internet, a global forum for inclusive digital transformation. Hanna has published extensively on digital leadership and national digital strategies.