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This research examines how foundational digital public infrastructure (DPI) relates to economic indicators of structural change.

Digital public infrastructure and structural economic change: exploring the relationship through a novel DPIx index

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Randomized trial explores the link between digital public infrastructure and economic change, suggesting strategic investments in DPI are crucial.

This research examines how foundational digital public infrastructure (DPI) relates to economic indicators of structural change.
Introduced a novel composite index for foundational DPI (DPIx) assessing 159 countries.
Employed ordinary least squares regressions along with control measures for socio-economic factors.
Utilized spline regressions and exploratory instrumental variable analysis to explore causality.
DPIx shows a statistically significant negative association with export diversification (EDI).
More mature DPI correlates with diversified export profiles, independent of socio-economic controls.
No independent effect of DPIx on economic complexity (ECI) was determined in the presence of broader controls.

Sarhan et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Randomized trial explores the link between digital public infrastructure and economic change, suggesting strategic investments in DPI are crucial.