The Trade, Investment and Innovation Division of ESCAP, the regional branch of the United Nations for Asia and the Pacific, provides the Secretariat of the network and a direct regional link to trade policymakers and other international organizations. [...] Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this Working Paper do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] Comment on the performance of the countries and the variability in the technical efficiency scores of High and middle-income countries. [...] The results conform with the UNESCAP (2016) report titled, “State of ICT in Asia and the Pacific 2016: Uncovering the Widening Broadband Divide," which confirmed the 37 widening gap between the advanced nations and developing countries of Asia and warned about the detriment of future opportunities for development unless the policies are framed in this direction. [...] Our study is in line with the UNCTAD (2021) report which emphasized the falling behind of the EU due to digital developments and simultaneously contradicted the studies16 that are skeptical about the positive outcomes of the same on the Asian Countries by reporting the productivity gains on an average of Asian Countries.
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