Avasant Digital Competitiveness RadarView™

As the global economy transforms into a digital one, the ability to adopt and leverage digital technologies in all spheres (government and private) will determine the development trajectory of countries in the future.

Avasant’s Digital Competitiveness RadarView™ helps countries and governments to evaluate their readiness and provide a blueprint for areas of investments.

The Avasant Digital Competitiveness RadarView™ assesses over 125 qualitative and quantitative data points to represent a nation’s/location’s ability to derive competitive advantage by leveraging the emerging technologies. The RadarView™ enables locations to identify existing gaps and comparative advantages, in turn enabling better policy decisions and preparedness for a technology-driven global ecosystem.

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Why Avasant?

Avasant dedicates an entire suite of strategic consulting services focused on assisting Governments, International Development Agencies and Private Sector in achieving the full socio-economic potential of a location. Developing and supporting the execution of sustainable development policies by leveraging technology to catalyze business and economic development.

Avasant’s heritage and extensive experience with multiple growing digital competitors bring several advantages to the assessment approach:

Wide client experience ranging from emerging economies to highly developed digital competitors
Extensive experience in supporting digital development
Best in class, industry-tested evaluation framework

Technology Assisted Governance

Improving Governance, Driving Socio-Economic Growth

CHALLENGE: Most governments and public services institutions are lagging in public service effectiveness and supporting private sector growth. Usage of legacy systems and processes as well undermining the impact of emerging technologies is further increasing the social and economic divide among nations. Technology adoption and ensuring a vibrant innovation ecosystem is increasingly becoming a critical factor for sustainable socio-economic growth

The Digital Opportunity

Improve governance and public services delivery by leveraging technology to create better methods to connect with constituents, improve public engagement and transparency (Civic Tech)
Emerging technologies like automation and analytics are making cities efficient and self reliant and less dependent on a public workforce
Technology assisted governance not only delivers increased efficiency but also significantly reduce public sector service delivery costs and reduce corruption
Efficient delivery of public services, innovation ecosystem encourage private sector development, export potential and position locations as ideal locations for foreign investment

Digital Competitiveness: Engine for Accelerated Growth, Effective Governance

Digital competitiveness has become a key enabler for national economic development, with proven examples of the positive impact of robust digital strategies on socio-economic development across emerging and developed economies.

GDP Growth
A study of 30 countries, a 1% increase in digitalization resulted in a 0.5% increase in national GDP.
Social Welfare
National Digital Transformation initiatives results in a 3.67% increase in average household monthly income.
Unemployment
A 10% increase in digitalization resulted in a 0.86% drop in national unemployment.
Environmental Sustainability
The development and implementation of e-government strategies have direct positive effects on government effectiveness and environmental sustainability.
International Trade Growth
A 1% increase in digitalization resulted in a 1.9% increase in the volume of international trade.
Public Sector Costs
Digital platforms (online channels) can save between 2–7% of phone and in-person interactions – allowing public sector budget to be efficiently utilized.