ADB's Focus on Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
In the Spotlight
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The CAPI Effect: Boosting Survey Data through Mobile Technology
This report discusses the role computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) can play in transforming survey data collection to allow better monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals. Download report
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ADB Establishes High-Level Advisory Group for Digital Technology
ADB established a High-level Advisory Group on Digital Technology for Development. The eight-person experts’ group will advise on the use of digital technologies and their implications for ADB’s development work. It will provide inputs for digital strategies on ADB’s operational priorities, as defined in its Strategy 2030.
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High Technologies, Policies Will Help Unlock Great Economic Potential of E-Commerce — ADB and UNESCAP Report
E-commerce is enabling SMEs in the region to reach global markets and compete on an international scale, creating many jobs in the process, according to a ADB and UNESCAP report. Download
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Future of Work in Asia and the Pacific
Is your job at risk of being taken over by robots? As technology transforms Asia and the Pacific, what will the future of work be? In the Asian Development Outlook 2018, we explore what can be done to adapt to the fourth industrial revolution to ensure that jobs will not be displaced in a rapidly evolving work environment.
Information and communications technology (ICT) has boosted growth, expanded opportunities, and improved service delivery in much of the world. However, broader development benefits have fallen short and are unevenly distributed. Attention to "ICT for Development" springs from the desire to leverage ICT to propel economic and social progress and enhance its positive impacts. ADB aims to catalyze policy and regulatory frameworks, infrastructure, applications, and skills for ICT, with an eye also on standardization and information technology security.
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This tracer study tracks the employability of 1,216 computer and software engineering graduates from 9 universities in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh: Computer and Software Engineering Tertiary Education in 2018 – Tracer Study
This book presents an in-depth analysis of the sector reforms needed to enable the Kyrgyz Republic to achieve higher and more sustainable economic growth.
Kyrgyz Republic: Improving Growth Potential
ADB Project in PRC to Demonstrate Traceable Food Production Chains
ADB has approved a $130.77 million loan for a project that will demonstrate how cooperatives, small firms, and farmers can better connect into food processing and marketing chains, helping to modernize and revitalize agriculture...
