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The lockdowns that followed the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has tested digital infrastructure across the globe. In this article, the authors looked to three indices to determine how ready 42 countries were for socially distanced work: robustness of key platforms, such as e-commerce and digital media; proliferation and resilience of digital payments options; and resilience of the internet infrastructure to traffic surges.

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Which countries were (and weren't) ready for remote work?

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