
The first alliance to accelerate digital inclusion
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically accelerated digitization worldwide. Access to digital technologies allowed people to carry on with their lives, but the health crisis also exacerbated e...
Navigating industry disruptions, transitioning to a new normal.
The Platform on Digital Economy and New Value Creation helps companies leverage technology to be agile in the face of disruption and to create the new digitally enabled business models for a new normal – post-COVID, purpose driven, sustainable and inclusive.
The unprecedented disruption by COVID-19 is accelerating the urgency for agility, adaptability and transformation. Industry structures and business models are being disrupted – and the digitalization of the economy is being rapidly accelerated. An estimated 70% of new value created in the economy over the next decade will be based on digitally enabled platform business models. However, 47% of the world’s population remain unconnected to the internet.
This Platform leverages its extensive community of over 500 senior leaders and depth of digital transformation expertise to equip companies to respond to challenges of today and lead into the economy of tomorrow.
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically accelerated digitization worldwide. Access to digital technologies allowed people to carry on with their lives, but the health crisis also exacerbated e...
In 2018, internet connectivity finally reached over half the world’s population. Yet some 3.4 billion people – about 50% of the world’s population – are still not online.
The EDISON Alliance – a global movement of public and private sector leaders committed to prioritizing digital inclusion – launched the 1 Billion Lives Challenge to improve 1 billion live...
The accelerated digital transition is unlocking economic and technology innovation, boosting growth, and enabling new forms of social engagement across the globe. Yet, the benefits from d...
This report, written in collaboration with Sea, calls for a targeted and multistakeholder approach to tackling barriers to financial inclusion for the ASEAN region’s digital generation. T...
The Shared Guiding Principles for Digital Health Inclusion set out in this report complement the larger principles of the EDISON Alliance in order to encourage thoughtful action in its fo...
In recent years, investors and other sources of capital have enthusiastically supported projects, companies and governments that have sought financing for a wide variety of sustainable act...
This document has been developed as an initiative of The EDISON Alliance. Seven multistakeholder principles for an inclusive financial system are proposed as a shared framework for all pa...
Why 5G can help us build back better and benefit everyoneIn collaboration with PwC
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This report, done in collaboration with McKinsey and Company, represents a year-long effort with business, government, civil society leaders, experts and practitioners to advance public-p...
This briefing paper forms part of the World Economic Forum System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Digital Economy and Society, initiated against a backdrop of complexities brought abo...
By 2022, 60% of global GDP will be digitized. Yet today, only 45% of people trust that technology will improve their lives. Every sector is beginning to face deep questions about what the...
Our Shared Digital Futures is a publication shaped by leaders from business, government, academia and civil society who collectively acknowledge the need for shared goals and coordinated ...
All over the world, a growing number of organizations –from the public and private sectors –are advancing systems that establish and verify digital identities for people, devices and othe...
While enormous resources are being spent on digital transformation programs by the private sector, the results are underwhelming. According to estimates, this year over $1.2 trillion will...
Our analysis of over 640 Internet of Things (IoT) deployments worldwide suggests that IoT has development benefits that could be maximized without compromising the commercial viability.
A first-of-its-kind resource to support board of directors and CEO to take action on cybersecurity and cyber resilience strategy.
The Digital Transformation Initiative offers unique insights into the impact of digital technologies on business and wider society over the next decade. Our research supports collaboratio...
The internet has been a major contributor to the evolution of and growth in the global economy over the past decades. It continues to have the potential to propel societies, help business...
The EDISON Alliance – a global movement of public and private sector leaders committed to prioritizing digital inclusion – launched the 1 Billion Lives Challenge to improve 1 billion live...