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August 2023

Harnessing the Digitalization for Society's Sustainable Development: A Call for Shared Theoretical Conversation about (DESI) and the Development of Arab Nations

1HAKKOU Dounia, 2Professor El ABJANI Abdelaziz
1Ph.D Student Faculty of Economic and Social Legal Sciences, Marrakech Cadi Ayyad University Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Research and Studies in Management of Organizations and Business Law (LIRE-MD)
2Faculty of Economic and Social Legal Sciences, Marrakech Cadi Ayyad University Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Research and Studies in Management of Organizations and Business Law (LIRE-MD) MOROCCO
DOI : https://doi.org/10.58806/ijirme.2023.v2i8n02

Abstract

The use of technologies and digital devices impose technical advancement to every country. Today, where everything in the world is about the "e", we may assume that the digitalization has spread its wings over all the spheres of life. Therefore, the socioeconomic growth parameters depend on the revolution of digitalization. This one has open new ways for developing the function of public services domain in interaction with community. Accordingly, societies are highly empowered by the use of "the need of now" built more connected and conscious comparatively to less digitalized countries. In fact, the digitalization seems to be the most significant feature to lead towards sustainable development. Which highlight the concept of " inclusive growth and economy" along its four major pillars «economy », « living conditions », « equality » and « environment ». That being the case, this paper aims to highlight up front the steps for digitalization to be held in a country considering its implementing conditions. Then, comparing the societies competitiveness level using the (Global Competitiveness Index) throughout shortcomings and good practices included in sustainable development concrete measures. After that, examining the (Digital Economy and Society Index) methodology in (EU countries) throughout its components (Economic, social and environmental) and discussing its possible implementation abroad under the lights of Hofsted's cultural performance dimensions. Subsequently, developing countries are under the scope for their citizens under the wall of poverty, unemployment and illiteracy building a strong bridge of connectivity with the nation. So that the metamorphosis from tremendous economic growth to prosperous nation be insured. All of that to make the world a better place.

Keywords:

Sustainable development, digitalization, inclusive growth, civil society, digital technologies.

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