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A lower middle income country, Bhutan moved up from the middle EGDI group in 2018 to rank highest among the LDCs in 2020, in part due to improvements in its telecommunications infrastructure. The country has extended Internet connectivity to around a thousand government offices, schools and hospitals, allowing the provision of e-government services such as online business licensing and customs-trade approvals. Government officials and teachers have also benefited from ICT through the use of digital platforms to improve their digital skills. International and regional cooperation has also played an important role in the country’s improved performance. The World Health Organization and the Indian Institute of Health collaborated on the deployment of an electronic patient information system and a centralized health data warehouse that have helped improve quality and efficiency in the delivery of health services.
The Government of Bhutan
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