Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
شكر وتقدير
أُعِدّ التقرير بإشـراف السـيد مختار محمد الحسـن، مدير مجموعة الازدهار الاقتصادي المشـترك في الإسـكوا، وبتوجيه منه. قاد أحمد مومي، منسِـق التقرير، فريقاً أساسـياً يضم ثريا زين، ويان غاسـكا، وناتالي خالد، وخالد أبو إسـماعيل، وفلاًديمير هلاًسـني، وجيمي الحاج، وبلاًل فرحات. وقدَم كلٌ من السـيد مارون لاوون والسـيدة مايا دح والسـيدة ريم العيت والسـيدة أربـي أتاميـان المسـاعدة فـي إجـراء البحـث والدعـم الإداري.
Executive summary
Bridging the digital readiness gap is not simply a development challenge, it is a prerequisite for inclusive and equitable participation in the global economy.
Roles of TA and TF in STI policies and sustainable development
TA and TF can both make a significant contribution to effective STI policy and to promoting more sustainable development across countries, although they certainly do not, on their own, offer a silver bullet to solve sustainable development challenges.
GEMS conceptual framework
GEMS aims to measure the maturity of government services provided through portals and mobile applications in Arab countries.
GEMS results at the national level
The following section presents the detailed results for each member State that provided data for the GEMS 2024, and offers country-specific suggestions based on these results.
موجز تنفيذي
يبدو مشهد الاقتصاد الكلي العالمي إيجابياً بعض الشيء في عام 2025. فالاقتصاد العالمي يواصل تعافيه بعد جائحة كوفيد-19، ولا سيّما في آسيا، ما يساهم في زيادة معدلات النمو العالمية، التي وصلت إلى 2.7 في المائة في عام 2024، ويتوقع لها أن تصل إلى 2.8 في المائة في عام 2025.
Technology assessment and foresight across countries
The adoption of TA and TF globally is rising, but they have diffused most widely among developed countries. Within countries with a tradition of using these tools, their use has been institutionalized, with diverse institutional models in place for using TF and TA.
Improving policymaking to foster a thriving e-commerce environment
The eTrade Readiness Assessments (eT Readies) of UNCTAD have catalysed the development of action plans and e-commerce strategies in more than 40 developing countries and contributed to regional frameworks, especially in Africa and the Pacific.
Conclusion
TA and TF are not cheap or easy tools, but they are nevertheless increasingly critical tools for all countries to harness the benefits of emerging technologies and mitigate the risks they create. These tools should be diffused as widely as possible across the globe.
Acknowledgements
This report was prepared by Manveer Kaur Mangat, Statistician at the United Nations Industrial Develop-ment Organization (UNIDO), and Fernando Cantú Bazaldúa, Chief Statistician of UNIDO.