BigstockIFAD calls to expand rural access to digital technologyDeclining of remittances globally including Bangladesh due to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, puts rural families at risk. Losing job, returning home, closure of markets, banks, transportation and remittance service providers during lockdowns further exacerbated the ability of migrants to send money back to their families, living in rural areas affected severely globally as well as Bangladesh. In this case, experts of United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) called to expand rural access to digital technology which could support rural transformation, bringing new jobs and opportunities back home. More to follow...

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 23, 2020 05:15 UTC