The Digital Transformation of Business

How digitalization is making South and Southeast Asia engines of growth

Commuters watch videos on their mobile phones as they travel in a suburban train in Mumbai, India.

The digital transformation of South and Southeast Asia is opening a range of opportunities for its citizens. Image: Reuters/Shailesh Andrade

Azaz Zaman
Assistant Professor, Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology
Share:
Our Impact
The Big Picture
Explore and monitor how The Digital Transformation of Business is affecting economies, industries and global issues
A hand holding a looking glass by a lake
Crowdsource Innovation
Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale
Stay up to date:

The Digital Transformation of Business

Asia countries are performing impressively on e-commerce growth
Asia countries are performing impressively on e-commerce growth Image: eMarketer
Have you read?
The pandemic had a beneficial effect on most areas of e-commerce
The pandemic had a beneficial effect on most areas of e-commerce Image: Datareportal
Despite high smartphone penetration in South and Southeast Asia, there is still room for growth
Despite high smartphone penetration in South and Southeast Asia, there is still room for growth Image: GSMA; Datareportal
Global e-commerce sales in 2020; mobile phone e-commerce as a proportion of total e-commerce
Global e-commerce sales in 2020; mobile phone e-commerce as a proportion of total e-commerce Image: eMarketer
Southeast Asia is beating South Asia for social media use
Southeast Asia is beating South Asia for social media use Image: Datareportal
Daily social media use in South and Southeast Asian countries
Daily social media use in South and Southeast Asian countries Image: Globalweb Index
The growth in Asian digital payments is driving the region's economies
The growth in Asian digital payments is driving the region's economies Image: McKinsey & Company
Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Related topics:
The Digital Transformation of BusinessThe Digital EconomyASEAN
Share:
World Economic Forum logo
Global Agenda

The Agenda Weekly

A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda

Subscribe today

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.

More on The Digital Transformation of Business
See all

From innovation to integration: the role of collective action in institutionalising 4IR technologies

Vignesh Santhanam, Piyush Gupta and Vivek HP

May 8, 2023

From Fragmentation to Coordination: The Case for an Institutional Mechanism for Cross-Border Data Flows

About Us

Events

Media

More from the Forum

Partners & Members

  • Join Us

Language Editions

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

© 2023 World Economic Forum