<p>Information and communications technology (ICT) has become a key enabler in the new digital economy and society, providing us with opportunities for transformation in a wide range of socioeconomic sectors. It has ...

Broadband Connectivity in the Pacific Island Countries’ is a Working Paper contributing to the policy dialogue on the implementation of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway initiative. The Working paper examined recent ...

For the purposes of this paper the term resilience, or more specifically “ICT resilience (e-resilience)” should be understood as making ICT infrastructure more durable so that such can better absorb and recover from ...

<p>Investment in the information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure helps achieve all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but in particular, SDG 9 targeting industry, innovation, infrastructure and ...

<p>The Asia-Pacific region has witnessed marked improvements in digital connectivity and digital transformation thanks to innovative information and communications technology (ICT) development. Moreover, the COVID-19 ...

<p>ESCAP secretariat updated its E-Resilience Dashboard in Power BI format in 2023 (published in 2023) to assess crisis preparedness through seamless digital connectivity to promote a digital policy environment, and respond ...

<p>This working paper on e-resilience readiness in a few selected economies in East and North-East Asia (ENEA) and in South Asia (SA) analyses the current situation to ensure that information and communications technology ...

<p>This report&rsquo;s findings suggest that the best way to measure the digital divide in the Asia-Pacific region is to use a multidimensional approach that captures the economic, social, political and cultural complexities ...

<p>This working paper of the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Working Paper Series identifies key information and communications technology (ICT) policies and strategies in Timor-Leste, assesses the level of ICT ...

<p>Most countries in Asia and the Pacific have built their own fibre-optic backbone networks. Many cross-border terrestrial fibre-optic cable systems have been established between neighbouring countries through bilateral ...