Flashpoint: Future Readiness Index Launch | Mainstage

For emerging markets, the concurrent COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn hit especially hard. Improved digitization could be the way to recover and re-emerge stronger than before. Bruno Lanvin from the Portulans Institute presented the report “Are You Ready for the Future?” and launched the Future Readiness Index that highlights the Google-developed Digital Sprinters framework. 

Digital Sprinters, as Lanvin explained, are those economies that can accelerate digitization to sprint ahead toward economic development and sustainable, inclusive growth. Digital transformation could add $3.4 trillion to emerging markets by 2030. The framework requires focus on four elements: Physical Capital, Human Capital, Technology, and Competitiveness. Lanvin also explored the key findings and continuing challenges for emerging economies as they transform into Digital Sprinters.

• Companies that prioritize digitization are better positioned to accelerate economic development and sustainable growth.
• See the Future Readiness Index here.