Harnessing GovTech to Tax Smarter and Spend Smarter by David Amaglobeli, Ruud de Mooij, Mariano Moszoro published by IMF Blog (9/2023).
“Digitalization, done right, can equip governments to improve revenue collection and spending efficiency.
Digitalization is a transformative force as powerful as the advent of the printing press in the 15th century or electricity in the 19th. Yet some governments have been slow to harness the potential of digital technology to improve delivery of public services and strengthen public finance.
A two-pronged policy approach is required—connecting unconnected households to the internet and accelerating and strengthening the adoption of digital solutions in the public sector. We outline strategies for pursuing these policies in a new staff discussion note on government technology, or govtech…”
