The symposium aimed to provide government officials and other stakeholders with a wide range of cutting-edge perspectives on critical development issues, ADB said in a statement. ( File pic: ADB logo at its HQ).
KUALA LUMPUR: South-East Asian countries need to expand their investments in digital infrastructure and ensure equitable access to technology as economies recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.
President Masatsugu Asakawa said the region must close the digital divide and expand existing investments in digital infrastructure with higher quality mobile broadband and ensure affordable internet access and coverage.
“These steps can also enhance access to basic social services such as health and education and access to financial services. These investments will better equip countries to address the worsening income inequality and disparities in opportunities brought about by the pandemic, ” he said in his keynote address at ADB’s first South-East Asia Development Symposium yesterday.
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