{"id":358,"date":"2023-12-07T06:18:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T06:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/year-in-review-2023\/?page_id=358"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:18:21","slug":"insights-from-bdt-director","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/year-in-review-2023\/home\/index\/insights-from-bdt-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Insights from BDT Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns about_tp_section is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-D\/bdt-director\/Pages\/default.aspx\"> BDT Director\u2019s Corner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div 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