Digital Arabic Content promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the Arab region - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

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ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/TDD/2015/Pamphlet.1


Country: Arab region

Publication Type: Information material

Cluster: Statistics, Information Society and Technology

Focus Area: Technology & innovation

Initiatives: Digital Arabic Content

SDGs: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Keywords: Arab countries, Arabic language, Digital divide, Entrepreneurship, Technological innovations, Digital technology, Internet, Innovations

Digital Arabic Content promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the Arab region

January 2015

 The growing interest in DAC is reflected in the activities and programmes carried out by several Governments of Arab countries, such as programmes for digitizing Arab cultural heritage content implemented by some ministries of culture, and initiatives by education institutions. However, measuring DAC remains a major challenge, given the limited mechanisms and methods to measure internet content, including social media networks, documents, files and various audio and video media.

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