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Subject
Digital access.
Significance
Advances in information and communications technology (ICT) are critical to South-east Asia’s future economic prosperity and social progress, and to boosting the region’s economies up the value chain.
Impacts
Singapore will use the ‘smart cities’ initiative to attract foreign assistance to ease the regional digital divide.
Poorer countries will struggle the most in increasing digital access, due to lack of infrastructure and policy misalignment.
This will, in turn, increase inter-regional economic inequality.
Keywords:
South-east Asia,
AP,
ASEAN,
Brunei,
Cambodia,
Indonesia,
Laos,
Malaysia,
Myanmar,
Philippines,
Singapore,
Thailand,
Vietnam,
economy,
industry,
computers,
finance,
infrastructure,
internet,
technology
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2018
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