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Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.
Data integration and analytics, cloud-based staff management, and e-learning can serve as building blocks for modernizing the civil service system.
A pilot project in the Philippines gives livelihood support and coaching to poor households, which helped them cope better with the COVID-19 crisis.
Contractual arrangements for PPP infrastructure procurement must be improved.
Large-scale and youth-targeted government policies can mitigate the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on youth employment in Asia.
Digital finance promises to be an effective means of reaching the unbanked, but its use must be accompanied by consumer information and education.
Increasing private sector participation in training can help build employer confidence and prepare graduates for the job market.
Targeted policies can help save the fragile enterprises that are at the core of digital transformation.
Adopt a risk-based and phased approach toward recovery and enhance public–private collaboration to ensure safe and seamless travel.
The Republic of Korea is taking a multi-faceted approach to protecting public health and cushioning the impact of COVID-19 on the economy.