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This paper explores the potential of digital technology to help developing economies catch up with advanced industrial economies. It examines how digital technology can boost economic and social development, but also highlights the challenges these countries face in adopting and using this technology effectively.
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Digital Transformation and Social Justice: The Impact of Digital Technology on Income Distribution
This paper examines the complex and multifaceted impact of digital technology on poverty and income inequality. It highlights that this impact is not inherently positive and depends heavily on policy frameworks.
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The Environmental Impact of Technology: From Data Centers to Artificial Intelligence
This paper examines the environmental impact of digital technology, focusing on carbon emissions, electronic waste, and hidden costs. It also proposes solutions at the national, industry, and individual levels to mitigate these impacts.
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How Big Data Can Improve the Efficiency of the Service Sector in Egypt
This paper discusses various aspects of the potential optimal utilization of big data in the Egyptian context. It explores the prospects of this utilization in both the government sector and the private sector. Then, it delves into the requirements for using big data in the best possible manner.
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Strategies of the ICT Sector: A Critical Reading and Recommendations
The paper focuses on several strategies of particular importance to the ICT sector. It addresses the extent to which these strategies are concerned with providing guarantees for citizens to exercise the right to privacy, the right to access information, and the right to freedom of expression, and the extent to which they impose precautions to protect these rights from various forms of violation.
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Explanatory Memorandum: Absence of Insurance Coverage for Platform Economy Workers
This explanatory memorandum addresses the legal issue of the absence of insurance coverage for platform economy workers in light of the new Social Insurance and Pensions Law. It provides an overview of the general legal context and analyzes the reasons why many freelancers are not subject to the law’s provisions, with a focus on workers in digital service platforms.
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Platform Economy: The Future of Work in the Digital Age
This paper examines various issues related to the platform economy, focusing on the Egyptian context. The paper highlights key players, analyzes growth factors, and addresses associated challenges.
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Towards a More Equitable Digital Future: Data Justice and Human Rights Principles
This paper aims to investigate the potential of integrating data justice principles with digital and human rights frameworks. It examines how this integration can facilitate the identification of biases based on ethnicity and gender within digital environments. By exploring this intersection, the paper aims to contribute to the promotion of a more just and equitable digital future.
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The Impact of Digital Transformation on Economic and Social Rights
This paper discusses the impact of digital transformation on economic and social rights. It focuses on three main rights: the right to education, the right to work, and the right to healthcare.
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Progressive Communications as a Tool for Advancing Gender Equality
This paper seeks to provide an overview of the intersection between progressive communications and gender. It discusses the role that progressive communications can play in supporting efforts to achieve gender equality, including the opportunities available and the means to support them.
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The EU AI Act: Objectives, Structure, and Key Provisions
This paper discusses the EU AI Act’s objectives, structure, and most important characteristics. It also deals with the general and special requirements applicable to AI systems. Finally, the paper sheds light on the Act’s most important provisions in addition to the institutions it establishes.
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From Access to Empowerment: Internet Access as a Basic Right
This paper discusses the call to recognize the right to internet access as one of the basic human rights in today’s world. It attempts to answer two questions: Why must we establish a basic right to internet access? How do we reach a comprehensive definition of this right to ensure that access to the Internet is universal without discrimination?
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The Role of the ICT Sector in Empowering Egyptian Women
This paper explores Egypt’s ICT sector’s potential to economically empower Egyptian women. It focuses on how the sector can create more employment opportunities for women. Additionally, the paper discusses the potential of the ICT sector to socially empower women, which can further contribute to narrowing the gender gap.
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