[governance] New Research Report : Platform Planet: Development in the Intelligence Economy, from IT for Change

[anita]

Dear friends

Sharing an important research report with you on the changing landscape
of the global economy. This is about the impact of data and its
deployment as a key resource in the production process. Commonly
understood as the platform model, this new point of inflection in
economic organisation needs to be understood for its deep implications
for equality and justice.

This research from IT for Change is among the first to demonstrate the
highly inequitable impacts of platformization on the global south.
Please circulate widely in your networks. Apologies for cross-posts.

anita






Platform Planet: Development in the Intelligence Economy

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Greetings from IT for Change
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Whether in mainstream popular discourse or research, ‘the platform turn’
in economic organization has garnered widespread attention. Once buoyant
discourses that celebrated ‘innovation’, ‘opportunity’ and ‘disruption’
brought forth by the platform model today jostle with equally concerned
echoes around the ‘Amazonification’ of the economy. The past few years
have been witness to the rise and rise of tech monopolies and a no-holds
barred expansion of the digital into the everyday.

On the one hand global currents of platformization have resulted in
adverse terms of market engagement for smaller or less powerful players
and real-world outcomes for local development. On the other,
institutions have struggled to respond to the public policy making
imperative in relation to the platform economy.

We are pleased to announce the release of our new report, ‘Platform
Planet: Development in the Intelligence Economy’
<https://itforchange.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6fd97454ef6c0671ea92b5cb4&id=ba574413ac&e=51ac4ae30b>
that synthesizes findings from a two year multi-country, cross-sectoral
research program led by IT for Change.

Our report analyzes and shows how platforms – as network-data
architectures that orchestrate production and exchange – restructure
socio-economic relations. Proceeding from an analysis of production
systems and value creation, the report traces the transformation from
size-scale to intelligence-scale economies and the undisputed rise of
data as the new resource over which a planetary struggle for power emerges.

We invite you to read our report
<https://itforchange.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6fd97454ef6c0671ea92b5cb4&id=b0c8cf3e85&e=51ac4ae30b>
and delve into the many insights that have come from this project or
take a look at our executive summary
<https://itforchange.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6fd97454ef6c0671ea92b5cb4&id=3efe1e7b6e&e=51ac4ae30b>
for a quick snapshot of findings. Please consider sharing and
circulating widely among your networks.

Additionally, we will be sharing more outputs including policy briefs,
case studies and policy overviews over the next few weeks. Traversing
different domains, geographies and political-economic contexts from
across 14 sites, these outputs capture a deep-dive exploration of the
platformization phenomenon. Be on the lookout
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more exciting updates from our end.
 




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