How the pandemic accelerated digital transformation in advanced economies

Mar 27, 2023

Across advanced economies, digitalization increased by an average of 6 percentage points. Image: Unsplash/seanpollock

Florence Jaumotte

Senior Economist, Research Department, IMF

Myrto Oikonomou

Economist, Structural Reforms Unit of the Research Department, IMF

Carlo Pizzinelli

Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

Marina M. Tavares

Economist, International Monetary Fund

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