GOOD POLICY MAKING

PRACTICES

REDUCING THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS

BUSINESS INNOVATION

SCALABILITY OF LOCAL BUSINESS

AN ECONOMY OPEN TO

INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND TRADE

A FOCUS ON EMPOWERED, AND OFTEN ‘RETOOLED’

HUMAN CAPITAL

Success Factors

RECOMMENDATIONS

VISION

TRANSPARENCY

REGULATORYHARMONIZATION

LIFE LONG LEARNING

BUILD AN ECOSYSTEM

SIMPLE BUSINESS PROCESSES

IMPACTS

ENGAGE WITH INDUSTRY

GOVERNMENTS NEED TO HAVE A CLEAR VISION

FORDIGITAL ADVANCEMENT

POLICIES MUST BE CLEAR,

CONSISTENT, PREDICTABLE

AND TRANSPARENT

LOCAL REGULATION IN PAYMENTS, SECURITY AND

CONSUMER PROTECTION MUST BE COMPATIBLE WITH

OTHER REGIONAL ECONOMIES AND

TRADING PARTNERS

PROMOTE AND REVIEW FULL-TIME EDUCATION,

ON-THE-JOB SKILLSAND KNOWLEDGE

TRAINING

ENCOURAGE THE EMERGENCE OF A DOMESTIC DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMAND AUXILIARY SECTORS

STREAMLINEPROCESSES FOR BUSINESSAPPLICATIONS, APPROVALS, PAYMENTS ANDREGISTRATIONS

MINIMISE UNINTENDED IMPACTS WITH ‘SMART’ REGULATION

ENCOURAGE THE ADOPTION OF INDUSTRY STANDARDS,INTEROPERABILITY, SECURITY AND DESIGN FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION

SourcesAkamai State of the Internet ReportBCG The Internet Economy in the G-20IDCITU World Telecommunications DatabaseOur Mobile PlanetThe EconomistTech in AsiaTIMEValue of the Web

GOING DIGITALFROM THE INTERNET TO ACONNECTED ECONOMY

THE INTERNET ISA CROSS-CUTING enablerof ALL SECTORS of the economy

BUILDING BLOCKS OF A DIGITAL ECONOMY

WIDESPREAD USE AND

PENETRATION OF MOBILE

UBIQUITOUS INTERNET ACCESS

INTEROPERABLE MOBILE AND E-PAYMENT

SYSTEMS

OPEN ONLINE MARKETPLACES

CONDUCIVE BUSINESS

ENVIRONMENT

TRANSPARENT AND ENABLING POLICIES AND REGULATION

KEY FINDINGS

COMPANIES ACROSS SECTORS AND BORDERS ARE becoming digital WITH INCREASING BREATH AND SPEED

A rising middle -class is spurring growth in the e-commerce and digital payment

MORE DIGITAL start-ups ARE EXPANDING MARKET REACH AND going global

uncertain regulatory and business regimes can underminedigital transformation

Infrastructure REMAINS A KEY PRIORITY IN CREATING A DIGITAL ECONOMY ECOSYSTEM

COUNTRY SNAPSHOTS

INDIA

240 millionInternet users

of the population

4.1%

4.1% of GDPThe Internet constitutes 140 million

smartphone users

Ranked 142in Ease of Doing Business

nd

CASE STUDY 1 CASE STUDY 2RESTAURANT DISCOVERY APP ZOMATO

HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS TO HAVE A DIGITAL

PRESENCE

KANNAJA, A GOVERNMENT LED COMMUNITY-WEBSITE, PROVIDES

AUDIO-ENABLED CONTENT IN KANNADA FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND ILLITERATE, PROMOTING CULTURE AND LANGUAGE OF

THE MINORITY

99%of restaurants

across12 cities

KANNADA

Indonesia

100 million

Number of Internet usersto exceed

by 2016USD 2 billion

E-commercemarket

in 201445%

Smartphone ownershipgrowth

in 2015> 48 million

Number ofSMEs

CASE STUDY 1DOKU, INNOVATIVE LOCAL PAYMENT GATEWAY, GIVES LOCAL COMPANIES

EASY AND SECURE WAYS TO PAY AND GET PAID ONLINE

Japan

4.7% of GDPInternet contribute

4.7%

55%

Broadband penetration

55%

22%of Japanese are already

65 years or older

CASE STUDY 1 CASE STUDY 2

JMOOCS IS ENABLING LIFELONG LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

THROUGH ONLINE EDUCATION

AEON AGRI CREATE USES ICT AND CLOUD COMPUTING TO HELP A NEW BREED OF

YOUNGER FARMERS WITH CROP MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

47 42

average age of students

60%Increased output with less hours

Korea

93 millionInternet banking accounts 7.3%

Size ofthe Internet economy

of the GDP25.3 Mbps

Average connectionspeed

World Average: 4 Mpbs73%

Smartphonepenetration

7.3%

CASE STUDY 1 CASE STUDY 2

NEWSY STOCK FINTECH APP HELPS NOVICE INVESTORS TO INVEST WITH MORE INFORMATION AND CONFIDENCE

A FOOD ORDER APP, BAEDAL MINJOK, TAKES THE WORD-OF-MOUTH

CAMPAIGN TO THE ONLINE SPACE

5.2 million# of delivery

orders per month

150,000# of restaurants

on the app

150,000subscribers

1,900stocks analysed

Vietnam

44%

44%Internet penetration

36%grew 57% y-o-y in 2014

Smartphont penetration

USD 145per person

Average spending online

USD 10per month

Cost of 3G mobile data

2%of retail

E-commerce

36% 2%

CASE STUDY 1 CASE STUDY 2E- PAYMENTS GATEWAY NGANLUONG’S

USE OF ESCROW ACCOUNTS BUILDS TRUST ON E-COMMERCE FOR THE

FIRST-TIME BUYES

GIAPSCHOOL, A MOOC, PROVIDES OVER TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE ACCESS TO FREE

EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL

35%of customersuse mobilefor access

10,000registeredstudents

15%

23%

=

CASE STUDY 2BLANJA IS AN E-COMMERCE PLATFORM

HELPING SMES COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

USD190 million to USD522 millionTRANSACTION REVENUES UP FROM

INDIA'S DEMOGRAPHICS SUPPORT RAPID INTERNET GROWTH, BUT ITS BUSINESS CLIMATE CAN BE IMPROVED

A GROWING URBAN MIDDLE CLASS IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIGITAL, PAVING THE WAY TO E- COMMERCE

( 99% of businesses )

HAS AN EXTENSIVE AND ADVANCED INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT FACES AN AGING POPULATION AND LOW RATES OF INTERNET UTILIZATION

one of asia's digital powerhouses, but need to update pre-digital regulations

of the population

HAS RAPIDLY BECOME ONE OF THE MOST MOBILE NATIONS ON THE PLANET, AND A DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM IS EMERGING

(USD25 in Indonesiaand USD54 in Thailand)

yrs old yrs old