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In Bangladesh, new surveys show the devastating impact of school closures. Countries around the world are facing similar situations. Holistic policy responses are needed to get students back in school and back on track.

ADB signed a $15 million equity investment in TAFF2 to support sustainable forestry practices in Southeast Asia and reduce logging in natural tropical forests by helping sustainably managed plantation companies scale up operations.

This paper presents new evidence on the growth of digital technology in response to the COVID-19pandemic. It uses the largest and most comprehensive database available to analyze website birth dynamics and theuptake of website technologies. The database comprises 150 million active websites and 27,000 technologies. Thefindings show that, over 2020, there was rapid adoption of both e-commerce and…

Using patent data for a panel sample of European companies between 1995 and 2016 we explore whether the innovative success in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is related to earlier firms’ research in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and identify which company characteristics and external factors shape this performance. We show that AI innovation has been developed by the…

IT governance focuses on how to align Information Technology with the organization's goals and strategy so that the organization can deliver value from IT. During the Covid-19 crisis, many lessons and insights for ITG have come to light. As the new reality imposed by the ongoing pandemic forced businesses to continuously adopt new technologies, it has also highlighted their need for a stronger IT…