The shift towards digitalization and its impact on sustainable competitiveness (with reference to the case of Iraq and regional and international comparisons)

Hassan, Nisreen Faleh

doi:10.37651/aujlps.2025.165300.1614

	The shift towards digitalization and its impact on sustainable competitiveness (with reference to the case of Iraq and regional and international comparisons)
Journal of Anbar University for Law and Political Sciences
Article 20, Volume 16, Issue: 1, March 2026, Pages 505-527 PDF (1.46 M)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.37651/aujlps.2025.165300.1614
Author
Nisreen Faleh Hassan^*
University of Wasit, College of Administration and Economics
Abstract
The article has addressed the level of digitization in Iraq and Arab countries and compares them with each other on the one hand, and with developed countries on the other. It has pointed to the primary goal of digitization, which is to achieve progress in the country's level, as indicated by sustainable competitiveness. It showed that there is a strong correlation between the two variables and a clear correlation between the advanced level of the country in sustainable competitiveness and the achievement of a high level of digitization. Quantitative analyses showed that Iraq needs to give this issue great importance in order to achieve progress in digitization requirements. when it achieves a high level of digitization. Quantitative analyses showed that Iraq needs to give this issue great importance in order to achieve progress in the requirements of digitization, foremost among which are Internet services, followed by infrastructure, and then the provision of human capital. It also showed that Arab countries in general suffer from a decline in their global position in sustainable competitiveness, and that the impact of digitization in them is less than in other countries of the world.
Keywords
Digitization; Sustainable Competitiveness; Iraq; Regional; International

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