Leveraging Digital Solutions to Fight COVID-19 : Lessons from ASEAN Countries

Leveraging Digital Solutions to Fight COVID-19 : Lessons from ASEAN Countries

Digital solutions have been the signature of Southeast Asia’s response to COVID-19 (coronavirus). Technologies used during the crisis have helped address a wide spectrum of problems, supporting public health efforts, public communication, and econo...

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Main Authors: Clavier, Fabien, Ghesquiere, Francis
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL DIVIDE
INEQUALITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/761461612367675945/Leveraging-Digital-Solutions-to-Fight-COVID-19-Lessons-from-ASEAN-Countries
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spelling okr-10986-351262021-04-23T14:02:16Z Leveraging Digital Solutions to Fight COVID-19 : Lessons from ASEAN Countries Clavier, Fabien Ghesquiere, Francis DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE PUBLIC HEALTH DIGITAL DIVIDE INEQUALITY Digital solutions have been the signature of Southeast Asia’s response to COVID-19 (coronavirus). Technologies used during the crisis have helped address a wide spectrum of problems, supporting public health efforts, public communication, and economic and social policies. This policy brief explores how ASEAN countries have leveraged digital technologies to fight COVID-19 and investigates the roles of governments, local technology ecosystems, and citizens in deploying such solutions. The findings suggest that the development and use of digital solutions have accelerated collaboration between different spheres of governments, technology companies, research entities, and society at large. The COVID-19 crisis has also highlighted the digital divide across the region and the challenges in ensuring technological changes in the ASEAN region as a whole. 2021-02-09T15:40:17Z 2021-02-09T15:40:17Z 2021-02-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/761461612367675945/Leveraging-Digital-Solutions-to-Fight-COVID-19-Lessons-from-ASEAN-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35126 English Research and Policy Brief;No. 41 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief East Asia and Pacific
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topic DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL DIVIDE
INEQUALITY
spellingShingle DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
PUBLIC HEALTH
DIGITAL DIVIDE
INEQUALITY
Clavier, Fabien
Ghesquiere, Francis
Leveraging Digital Solutions to Fight COVID-19 : Lessons from ASEAN Countries
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relation Research and Policy Brief;No. 41
description Digital solutions have been the signature of Southeast Asia’s response to COVID-19 (coronavirus). Technologies used during the crisis have helped address a wide spectrum of problems, supporting public health efforts, public communication, and economic and social policies. This policy brief explores how ASEAN countries have leveraged digital technologies to fight COVID-19 and investigates the roles of governments, local technology ecosystems, and citizens in deploying such solutions. The findings suggest that the development and use of digital solutions have accelerated collaboration between different spheres of governments, technology companies, research entities, and society at large. The COVID-19 crisis has also highlighted the digital divide across the region and the challenges in ensuring technological changes in the ASEAN region as a whole.
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author Clavier, Fabien
Ghesquiere, Francis
author_facet Clavier, Fabien
Ghesquiere, Francis
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title Leveraging Digital Solutions to Fight COVID-19 : Lessons from ASEAN Countries
title_short Leveraging Digital Solutions to Fight COVID-19 : Lessons from ASEAN Countries
title_full Leveraging Digital Solutions to Fight COVID-19 : Lessons from ASEAN Countries
title_fullStr Leveraging Digital Solutions to Fight COVID-19 : Lessons from ASEAN Countries
title_full_unstemmed Leveraging Digital Solutions to Fight COVID-19 : Lessons from ASEAN Countries
title_sort leveraging digital solutions to fight covid-19 : lessons from asean countries
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/761461612367675945/Leveraging-Digital-Solutions-to-Fight-COVID-19-Lessons-from-ASEAN-Countries
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