Development of economy digitalisation: global and national dimensions in the pre-COVID and post-pandemic world

Abstract

Despite the widespread occurrence of the digital economy phenomenon, the scientific community continues a fraught debate regarding its terminological unambiguity, the definition of the lines of its demarcation from genetically and substantively similar phenomena. Digitalisation covers the spheres of production, distribution, exchange and consumption in different ways. Digitalisation processes are gaining importance in industry, transport, agriculture and e-commerce. The role of the state in the national economies digitalisation is growing. The state plays a special role in educational, healthcare and social digitalisation. The economy digitalisation processes acceleration and deepening are taking place in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a change in the role of government in the economy and policy implications for economy digitalisation in East Europe and Kazakhstan. The stimulated transition to a quarantine regime, repeated lockdowns announcements have identified new prospects for the digital economy development.