DIGITALIZATION AS ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS OF TRANSFORMATION OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS OF UKRAINE

Abstract

The article analyzes the current state and main problems of Ukraine’s economic development in the conditions of global transformation processes related to digitalization. The concept of digital economy is revealed. The relevance of the studied issues is due to the fact that the development of digital economy and cyberphysical systems is a priority area of global technical and technological transformation. In recent years, the world’s leading countries are moving to a new technological system known as Industry 4.0. A characteristic feature of these changes is the rapid digitalization of the economy, which is rapidly and radically changing people, production, the state and society. The purpose of the study of the outlined topics is to study the current state of the level of digital transformation of the economy in Ukraine, as well as the analysis of the obtained data in order to outline the future prospects of this industry. For the most part, the research methods were reduced to the analysis of the current state of digitalization in Ukraine, in particular, the state policy in this area was subject to detailed analysis, because the affective and effective implementation of any transformation processes requires support from the state. Based on the analysis, it was found that today Ukraine has a sufficient number of barriers to active digitalization, especially in the economic sector, which leads to a slow transition to a new technological level. At the same time, it was found that the pace of public policy in this area is aimed at steady growth. In particular, active work is being done to create special departmental bodies and departments, as well as to regulate and stimulate issues of digital transformation. Issues of digitalization are increasingly becoming the subject of research by scientists and the main issues for discussion by the scientific community at international, national, interagency and departmental events. The practical value of the article lies in the need for constant research and development of the outlined issues, because for the Ukrainian economy digitalization trends are associated with serious challenges, as the formation of the digital economy becomes for Ukraine its national security and competitiveness in the world market, as well as issues of the level and quality of life of the population of Ukraine.