Al Dahdah Marine, Quet Mathieu
CEMS, CNRS, Paris, France.
Ceped, IRD, Paris, France.
Development (Rome). 2020;63(2-4):219-225. doi: 10.1057/s41301-020-00272-y. Epub 2020 Nov 10.
The 'digital turn' that took place in development policies since the early 2000s is characterized by the growing use of digital devices as development and governance tools, and by the growing use of large sets of data that goes hand in hand with it. This article points to three major changes that accompany this evolution. The first is the diversification of economic strategies that are permitted by the multiplication of markets dedicated to technological devices and data management in the developing world. The second is the evolution of relations between public and private institutions in the Global South; the interactions between public and private sectors have indeed been renewed through the kind of technological development partnerships allowed by digital devices. The third is the reconfiguration of issues as crucial as control, inequalities, exclusion at the individual and population level-digital devices don't make these issues disappear, rather they take an important part in their reformulation.
自21世纪初以来，发展政策中出现的“数字转向”的特点是，越来越多地将数字设备用作发展和治理工具，以及与之相伴的大量数据的日益使用。本文指出了伴随这一演变的三大主要变化。首先是经济战略的多样化，这是由发展中世界致力于技术设备和数据管理的市场的增加所允许的。其次是全球南方公共和私营机构之间关系的演变；公共和私营部门之间的互动确实通过数字设备所允许的那种技术发展伙伴关系得到了更新。第三是对诸如控制、不平等、个人和群体层面的排斥等关键问题的重新配置——数字设备并没有使这些问题消失，而是在其重新表述中发挥了重要作用。
