The effect of the information management policy on the growth of the Digital Economy: the case of the Arab Spring

Abstract

This document will focus on identifying the effect of the formal Information Management policies during and after the political uprisings on the growth indicators of the digital economy, the research will study the Arab Spring case and the reformed Arab countries. The study aims to suggest strategic guidelines to support the governments of the Arab Spring with their new reformation plans regarding the digital economy as part of the whole economic reformation that emerged from the recent states changes; the goal is to propose ideas to align these information management strategies with the predefined goals of the Arab Spring uprisings to ensure that the nations requirements, especially the economic ones, from the new states are met.