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QUANTITATIVE AND INFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS IN THE
ASSESSMENT OF DIGITALIZATION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY
Ruziev Abdumalik Artigalievich
Tashkent International University of Financial
Management and Technologies, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15425442
In conditions where digital technologies are penetrating deeper into all
aspects of the economy and public life, digitalization is becoming a key trend in
the development of the global economy, changing its structure and transferring
it to a new qualitative state. Economic growth is increasingly based on
technology and knowledge, turning them into the main productive forces. Thus,
the digital economy and its achievements will become the main source of
ensuring the well-being of the subjects of the global economy in the future.
It is worth noting that we live in a global knowledge economy, where the
future belongs only to those who are able to turn knowledge and scientific
discoveries into products. Innovation, adaptation and use of new technologies
are key factors in the growth of both national and global economies.
An analysis of individual groups of digital economy development indicators
considered in international digital economy development ratings shows that the
assessment of the development of the country's telecommunications
infrastructure is taken into account in all indices. The level of the institutional
base and innovation environment (political and business environment that
stimulates digitalization processes), population access to information and
communication services, and the level of knowledge and practical skills in using
ICT are assessed. The areas of Internet use by the population and the application
of digital technologies in business, the development of the ICT sector, the impact
of ICT on the economy and society, as well as the consequences arising from the
development of leading digital technologies are analyzed.
As a result of the analysis of existing international indices, it can be
concluded that the presented index indicators have a number of unique features
in the structure of their components and the number of main groups and
subgroups, as well as the calculation method. At the same time, all indices reflect
aspects related to the development of the digital economy. At the same time, all
of them, to one degree or another (non-systematic), take into account the
development of information and telecommunication technologies. Thus, on the
one hand, there is a correlation between these indices, but on the other hand,
they demonstrate different approaches to the interpretation of the concept of
"digitalization".
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It follows from the above that, despite the current rapid development of
the digital economy, there are a number of problems associated with its
definition, classification and measurement. The existence of definitions that do
not clearly distinguish between the traditional and digital economies essentially
leads to difficulties in comparing and analyzing the digital economy, as well as in
assessing its development. In particular, if the digital economy is defined solely
on the basis of the technologies used in companies, it may not take into account
the digital technologies that cover a large part of the national economy [6].
Naturally, the lack of a generally accepted definition of the digital economy or
digital sector, as well as the lack of classification of economic sectors and
products for Internet platforms and related services, makes it difficult to fully
assess the digital economy. Given the growth in the number of economic
activities carried out using digital technologies and, as a result, their growing
economic importance, measuring the digital economy is a key issue.
An analysis of existing international indices and rating indicators, their
micro-indices, sub-indices and methods for forming composite indices, their
advantages and disadvantages, common features and differences will allow
them to be used in the future to form new authorship indices reflecting the level
of countries' readiness for the digital economy and the level of digital
globalization.
Digital technologies and information processes directly influence various
definitions of the digital economy. The most important point here is that the
criteria for assessing the development of the digital economy are determined
based on the level of validity of the concept.
The need to develop these criteria is due to the fact that they determine the
efficiency of using economic resources. The reason for this is that there are
national indices of digital economy development and international indices of
digital economy development, which are developed on the basis of different
principles.
These principles determine how effectively economic resources are used. It
is worth noting that economic resources are distributed differently in different
countries and regions, which in turn raises the question of correctly defining the
criteria for assessing the development of the digital economy.
For this purpose, we propose the following scheme for considering the
general methodological essence and practical aspects of the concept of the
“Index of Economic Functionality of Information in the Digitalization of
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Information Resources” (IEFIDIR), which was first introduced into the theory
and practice of digitalization of the economy (Fig. 1).
Considering that the totality (availability) of economic resources of the
national economy is the basis of any economic process and social relations, we
represent them in the form of labor, natural, information and capital resources.
As can be seen from this diagram, the elements are presented,
representing the main logically inseparable level of this index. If we consider
IEFIDIR as a systematized category, then the solution to the problem of
implementing the "Potential value of information" is the basis of this
systematized category.
At the same time, it is worth emphasizing that the existence of such
potential value is objective; the whole problem lies in the awareness of this
objectivity. For this purpose, the position and significance of digitalized
information are expressed through its connection with other information by
means of direct and inverse connections.
IEFIDIR
Potential value of
information
Digitized
information
Non-digitized
information
Users of relevant information
Exchange of information
Subjects of information resources (sources)
Usefulness of information
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Figure 1. Economic efficiency index (IEFIDIR) in the digitalization of information
resources
Based on the analysis, it can be concluded that today a fairly extensive
apparatus for assessing the level of development of the digital economy has
been formed using various international composite indices. At the same
time, international methods for assessing the development of the digital
economy are also not without drawbacks, since they mainly involve
assessing the level of ICT infrastructure and the involvement of the
population in the Internet. In this regard, there is a need to develop an index
of digital economy development, which will identify problem areas in the
digitalization process in the Republic of Uzbekistan, eliminate existing
problems and thereby improve its position in various world digital ratings.
In conclusion, it should be noted that the digitalization of the economy
should be considered as a key factor determining the level of development of
the innovative economy. This indicates the advisability of conducting a
comprehensive study of the methodological aspects of assessing the level of
digital and innovative development of economic systems. Further, it is
important to conduct a detailed study of the recommended indicators for
assessing digitalization and innovative development, as well as research to
improve organizational assessment procedures.
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