Prerequisites for the development and implementation of digital innovations in Tajikistan

Abstract

In the modern world, global processes of strengthening the information component in socioeconomic relations are taking place. The relevance of a systematic study of digitalization and the development of digital innovations is a priority at the global and regional levels. The purpose of this study is to analyze the prerequisites for the development and implementation of digital innovations in Tajikistan. To achieve this goal, the following research tasks were identified: to assess the current level of development of the digital economy in Tajikistan; to study the problems of the development of domestic digitalization; to conduct a statistical assessment of the level of digitalization of the economy and innovative development of Tajikistan as a whole; and to study the prerequisites for the development and implementation of digital innovations in Tajikistan. The methodology of the research conducted by the authors is based on general scientific methods of cognition: analysis and synthesis; historical and comparative methods; as well as on mathematical and statistical methods of study. The research conducted by the authors on the state and development of the digital economy made it possible to identify and determine the prerequisites for the development and implementation of digital innovations in Tajikistan. It is very important for countries like Tajikistan to create conditions for increasing the innovativeness of the economy, to form mechanisms and institutions that will make it possible to take advantage of the benefits of digitalization in the best possible way, and to ensure sustainable innovative development. In order to eliminate the technological gap in Tajikistan and accelerate the introduction of digital innovations in the country’s economy, it is necessary to create conditions: for the accelerated renewal of production capacities in industry; the effective operation of special institutions that contribute to the creation of knowledge and its dissemination; the introduction of innovations; and the adaptation of digital technologies to particular production needs.