TY - BOOK ID - 146595561 TI - Transforming Public Finance Through GovTech AU - Amaglobeli, David. AU - Mengistu, Andualem. AU - Mooij, Ruud A. AU - Moszoro, Mariano. AU - Nose, Manabu. AU - Nunhuck, Soheib. AU - Pattanayak, Sailendra. PY - 2023 SN - 9798400246913 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Automation KW - Currency crises KW - Diffusion Processes KW - Economic & financial crises & disasters KW - Economic sectors KW - Economics of specific sectors KW - Economics KW - Economics: General KW - Education and Inequality KW - Finance, Public KW - Financial crises KW - Foreign Exchange KW - General issues KW - Government Policy KW - Health and Inequality KW - Industries: Information Technololgy KW - Informal Economy KW - Informal sector KW - Information technology industries KW - Information technology KW - Innovation KW - Intellectual Property Rights: General KW - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure KW - Macroeconomics KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures KW - Other Public Investment and Capital Stock KW - Provision and Effects of Welfare Program KW - Public Administration KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Public Finance KW - Public financial management (PFM) KW - Public Sector Accounting and Audits KW - Research and Development KW - Revenue administration KW - Revenue KW - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General KW - Technological Change KW - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences KW - Technology KW - Underground Econom UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:146595561 AB - Digital divide across countries and within countries continues to persist and even increased when the quality of internet connection is considered. The note shows that many governments have not been able to harness the full potential of digitalization. Governments could play important role to facilitate digital adoption by intervening both on supply (investing in infrastructure) and demand side (increase internet affordability). The note also documents significant dividends from digital adoption for revenue collection and spending efficiency, and for outcomes in education, health and social safety nets. The note also emphasizes that digitalization is not a substitute for good governance and that comprehensive reform plans embedded in National Digital Strategies (NDS) combined with legal and institutional reforms are needed to ensure that governments can reap full benefits from digitalization and manage the risks appropriately. ER -