Digital Economy and Work

This online, self paced course will introduce you to what a digital economy is, what building blocks are required for a digital economy and some of the pros and cons of such an economy. You will then be exposed to some practical examples of countries which have embraced digital technologies to grow their economies.

Who is this course for? Youth, but is useful to all who are internet users

What will you learn? By the end of this course, you will have an understanding of what a digital economy is, what a sharing economy is and what e-commerce is

Topics overview: digital economies, sharing economies, Unicorn companies, e-Commerce, Estonian case study and Indonesian case study

How much time do you need to invest? This course should take approximately 2-3 hours to complete

Course certificate: a course certificate will be generated on the successful completion of the final quiz

Course developers: see attribution section for a full list of resources used to develop this course. (This course has been adapted and modified in accordance with their open licences.)

Course contact: in case of technical troubleshooting or questions, please reach out to atingi@giz.de

License: CC BY-NC-SA