Information and communications technology


Viet Nam’s Personal Data Protection Decree: Examining Benefits and Key Challenges
The challenge lies in ensuring the decree stops illegal data collection and exchange, which has left more than two-thirds of citizens' personal data unsecured.

Tags: Viet Nam, Information and communications technology

This Social Enterprise Wants to Help Indonesia Eliminate Single-Use Plastics
Alner sells essentials, like shampoos, liquid soaps, and seasonings, in reusable bottles to wean households from goods sold in sachets.

Tags: Indonesia, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Information and communications technology

Game on: Schooling Digital Ninjas on Sustainable Urban Farming
With 200 million monthly users, gaming platform Roblox is fertile ground for online learning initiatives targeting those born after 2010—the planet's youngest generation.

Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Information and communications technology, Education, Sustainable Development Goals

ADB SEADS Webinar: Cloud Computing as a Key Enabler for Digital Government across Asia and the Pacific
This webinar examined strategies governments could adopt to migrate public services to the cloud.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Governance and public sector management, Videos

Southeast Asia Explores Frontier Technologies in Quest for Carbon Neutrality
Disruptive technologies will reshape industry, healthcare, and communications and provide urgently needed solutions to global challenges like climate change.

Tags: ASEAN, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals

The Asia–Pacific NGO Digital Transformation Project: Building a Tech-Enabled Future for NGOs
The initiative seeks to bolster NGOs’ digital skills and capabilities in cybersecurity, data analytics, system automations, service delivery innovation, communications, and AI.  

Tags: Finance, Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals, Capacity development

Digital Twin Adoption: Creating Opportunities for Positive Change
With their proven utility in existing industries, digital twins offer the potential to help organizations and society at large navigate upcoming changes to how we work and live.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals, Environment, Health

Breaking the Green Ceiling: Women Entrepreneurship in the ASEAN Green Economy
Addressing the gender disparity in entrepreneurship and the green sector in ASEAN requires targeted policies and initiatives.

Tags: Gender and development, Private sector development, ASEAN, Trade and industry, Information and communications technology

How Robots and AI Will Impact Productivity, Trade, and Labor
With robots and AI seen to increase productivity, trade, and the creation of new skills, the forthcoming technological developments in robotics and AI need to be welcomed rather than discouraged.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals, Trade and industry

Webinar: Leveraging Technology to Help NGOs Amplify Their Impact
This webinar aims to help NGOs bolster their digital capabilities.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals

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