Digital technology has been a two-edged sword in not only socioeconomic growth but also effective implementation of public policies and government’s objectives. Being the decade of fourth industrial revolution technologies such as 5G network and Artificial Intelligence, this article delineates policy-oriented strategies digital technology could be implemented in governance to achieve both national development goals and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Digital technology has successfully intervened in the containment of the pandemic through fields such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, data science, telemedicine, and robotics.