Obaidul Ola
Md. Obaidul Ola (PH.D.) is an academician, researcher, and consultant in the discipline of management and business studies. He is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Studies, Faculty of Management Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), New Delhi, and is also associated with the university as an academic counsellor in marketing and business management. Dr Ola earned his PhD from Jamia Millia Islamia, with doctoral research focusing on the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in microfinance. He also holds postgraduate degrees in Business Administration and Public Administration. His teaching and professional experience include service as a Lecturer at Nalanda Business College, Patna, as well as roles as Research Associate and Consultant, contributing to ERP implementation and examination process automation at JMI. He has published research in Scopus-indexed, Web of Science, ABDC-listed, and UGC Care–listed journals. His research interests include artificial intelligence in supply chain management, digital finance, microfinance, and financial inclusion.
Papers Published in World Economics:
Reassessing Global GDP Data Accuracy in the Digital Era
GDP’s reliability as a measure of economic performance has been increasingly undermined by rapid digitalisation of production and consumption between 2010 and 2024, particularly through the under-capture of intangible assets and cross-border digital value flows. Using secondary data from the IMF, OECD, and World Bank alongside simulated datasets, the study identifies structural biases in traditional national accounting frameworks and substantial cross-country differences in the extent of digital undercounting. A mixed-methods approach combining statistical trend analysis with qualitative interpretation quantifies the scale of this under-representation and highlights the resulting distortions in official GDP figures.
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