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10/02/2023
ITU News
Countries worldwide—and developing countries in particular—recognize the need for digital transformation to foster economic growth, improve efficiency, enable skills development, and advance human and social development. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, digitization has become an even more crucial enabler of economic and social development. It is also critical for achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—all of which include digital components.
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14/06/2022
Marco Obiso, Head of Cybersecurity Division, ITU; Isabel Neto, Practice Manager, Digital Development, World Bank; and Marjo Baayen, Director of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise
Countries worldwide—and developing countries in particular—recognize the need for digital transformation to foster economic growth, improve efficiency, enable skills development, and advance human and social development. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, digitization has become an even more crucial enabler of economic and social development. It is also critical for achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—all of which include digital components.
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20/09/2021
ITU News
To borrow the words of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, information and communication technologies (ICTs) and connectivity have “great potential to accelerate human progress, to bridge the digital divide and to develop knowledge societies.” They can open the door to innovative services, create new growth opportunities and help countries leapfrog chronic barriers to development.
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20/04/2021
ITU News
While the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt across the world, they have impacted the least developed countries (LDCs) in unprecedented, profound, and disproportionate ways. Despite the target set by the Istanbul Programme of Action calling for universal and affordable access to the Internet in LDCs by 2020, too many people in these countries remain unconnected, deprived of the technologies and services that have become essential in the age of COVID-19.
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08/02/2021
ITU News
Least developed countries (LDCs) are characterized as low-income countries with severe structural impediments, vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks. Graduating from LDC status requires a mix of careful deliberation, concerted efforts, and strategic leadership – no small feat for any country, never mind a Pacific island nation prone to frequent cyclones and other extreme weather.
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