Good Digital IDs Kickstart Governments’ Digital Transformation. Here’s Why.
2020 is a landmark year for governmental digital transformation and the adoption of digital ID technologies. Now more than ever before, governance is ...
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The high cost of exclusion and what we need to do about it
The global exclusion of persons with disabilities comes at significant economic, political, and societal costs. Decades’ worth of data substanti ...
The UNSG Roadmap for Digital Cooperation
On Thursday 13 June, the UN Secretary-General launched the Roadmap for Digital Cooperation. Following the work from the High-level Panel on Digital Co ...
Europe takes digital innovation seriously. Will the world follow?
27 May 2020 will be remembered as a milestone in European history. On that day, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announ ...
Africa’s Digital Economy: Opportunities and Obstacles during COVID-19
This blog post is part of a series where Portulans staff perform a more in-depth analysis of countries and regions covered by the Network Readiness In ...
Board Member Insights: How COVID-19 is a turning point for digitization, and why digitization will help us endure
This blog post is a contribution of Portulans Institute Board Member, Jacques Bughin. It is a commentary on how COVID-19 urges digitalization, impacti ...
The Dominance of Chinese Firms & the Impact of COVID-19 on China
Over the next year, the Portulans Institute plans to release a blog series analyzing some of the most thought-provoking books on the topics of global ...
Readiness is essential to address the impacts of the “Great Lockdown”
During the week of April 13th, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) hosted its 2020 Spring Meetings (Virtual). Released on that occasion, the World E ...
COVID-19 redefines Digital Transformation
In the years before COVID-19, the idea of digital transformation was a topic of worldwide discussion among leaders and CEOs alike. However, a real cha ...
