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The Future of Digital Transformation for Economic Inclusion in the MENA Region.  

MENA 4.0: Exploring Digital Transformation

Ideas for Change

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If harnessed correctly, the Internet can help provide solutions to unemployment, information access, flexibility in the job market, and much more. However, in the MENA region, digital infrastructure is still precarious, leaving many individuals, mostly youth, out of training programs and, therefore, further inclusion in the labor market.

MENA 4.0: Youth

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In a digitized world producing ever more data, the quality of this information is equally important as the amount of data stored and collected. However, a considerable portion of the data generated worldwide —if not the majority of it— displays biased information, favoring standardized views of society, mainly on Western and male-based values.

MENA 4.0: Women

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People with disabilities experience less access to job roles, education, training, and capacity building. Cities are built for walkers, job positions often only consider people without disabilities, and most books e.g. about entrepreneurial content and employment are only available in visual formats.

MENA 4.0: People with Disabilities

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The Future of Digital Transformation for Economic Inclusion in the MENA Region

MENA 4.0: Exploring Digital Transformation. 

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Associated technology applications with TRL higher than or equal to 7. Current applications are at both prototype and product stages and more technically developed compared to Future Applications.

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