Problems of Assessing Digital Transformations of the Economy and Society

Abstract

The paper substantiates, that the digital transformations taking place in Ukraine and the world require analysis from the point of view of forming a system of indicators that would reflect not only technological, but also socio-economic transformations. It is proven that the existing assessment systems do not fully characterize both the specified digital transformations and the specifics of these transformations for each individual country. A number of shortcomings and problematic aspects inherent in the existing assessment systems are presented. In particular, it was determined that the general nature of the existing assessment systems does not take into account local features and existing prerequisites for the development of digital technologies in countries. This results in the countries being on a relatively uneven playing field in terms of analysis. In addition, there is a significant problem with the imperfection and incompleteness of the information currently used for analysis, disregarding and losing the chain from data provided by enterprises to international analytical agencies. It is proposed to resort to an approach that is not based on ascertaining the quantitative values of certain indicators, and on the dynamics of certain indicators in relation to the dynamics of accompanying indicators, that is, to form interdependent pairs of indicators, the assessment of which can be carried out using the method of expert evaluations. Thus, it is appropriate to determine the dynamics of indicators of the level of digitalization with the trends of macroeconomic indicators of the country, in particular, the level of inflation, GDP per capita, etc., which will make it possible to establish the degree of influence of the economic situation on the trends and level of digital transformations of the economy and society. In further research, it is planned to form a number of paired interrelated indicators that are more capable of assessing the level of digital transformations of the economy and society at the current stage.