Economic Reporter :
The World Bank (WB) is going to release the World Development Report (WDR) 2016 here on Monday.
The report will be on digital technologies that have delivered digital dividends by boosting growth, expanding opportunities and improving services, said a WB official.
He said the official launch of the report titled `World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends’ in Dhaka is part of a series of regional and country-level dissemination activities following the global launch in Washington DC on January 14 this year.
The event, to be held at a local hotel, will be co-hosted by Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) and The World Bank Group, said Sarker Abul Kalam Azad, Project Management Specialist of Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of BCC.
Digital experts, academics, policymakers and local experts from private sector and the civil society are expected to join the event on the occasion of launching of the WDR 2016 and discuss whether countries are getting most out of the digital revolution and what needs to be done to make sure digital dividends are reaped by everyone, everywhere.
The World Bank (WB) is going to release the World Development Report (WDR) 2016 here on Monday.
The report will be on digital technologies that have delivered digital dividends by boosting growth, expanding opportunities and improving services, said a WB official.
He said the official launch of the report titled `World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends’ in Dhaka is part of a series of regional and country-level dissemination activities following the global launch in Washington DC on January 14 this year.
The event, to be held at a local hotel, will be co-hosted by Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) and The World Bank Group, said Sarker Abul Kalam Azad, Project Management Specialist of Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance (LICT) Project of BCC.
Digital experts, academics, policymakers and local experts from private sector and the civil society are expected to join the event on the occasion of launching of the WDR 2016 and discuss whether countries are getting most out of the digital revolution and what needs to be done to make sure digital dividends are reaped by everyone, everywhere.
