Global 7-day rolling average of students out of school due to COVID-19 closures

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Resources forDigitalisation was prepared by the asia desk of the Oecd development centre. the team was led by Kensuke tanaka, Head of the asia desk and valuable guidance was provided by Mario pezzini, director of the Oecd development centre and Special advisor to the Secretary-general on development. the publication benefited from discussions with regional partners, including the aSeaN Secretariat, aSeaN+3 Macroeconomic research Office (aMrO), the asian development Bank (adB), the asian development Bank Institute (adBI), and the economic research Institute for aSeaN and east asia (erIa).this volume was drafted by a core team composed of Kensuke tanaka, prasiwi Ibrahim, raluca Maran, alexander Hume, rahmalia devita and lurong chen. antti raukola, Karin Hansson, david repeta, Yan Meng, Sybrand Brekelmans, Oudom Hean, Ilhame lagrine and Yuanita Suhud provided significant contributions. Muhamed Zulkhibri abdul Majid and Joy Blessilda Sinay provided useful inputs. Sonja Marki provided valuable administrative support for this project. delphine grandrieux, elizabeth Nash, anne thomas, Melodie descours and Studio pykha turned the manuscript into the publication.the Outlook 2021 benefited from discussions with Oecd delegations at two Outlook Consultation Group (OCG) meetings in february 2020 and december 2020 in paris, led by co-chairs of this consultation group, ambassador Nguyen thiep and christoph graf. The Outlook also benefited from discussion with experts in the region at the 8th Asian Regional Roundtable on Macroeconomic and Structural Policies, jointly organised by aMrO, adB, adBI, erIa and the Oecd development centre, in tokyo on 13-14 february 2020. the authors are grateful to Naoyuki Yoshino, dean of the adBI, toshinori doi, director of aMrO, Hidetoshi Nishimura, president of erIa, chul Ju Kim, Nella Hendriyetty, Yumiko Murakami, Koji Hachiyama, abdul abiad, reza anglingkusumo, Ho Sui Jade, patrick Hess, aladdin rillo, as well as porametee Vimolsiri, g.a. diah Utari, Matteo fumerio, Samantha Hung and James Villafuerte. Support from Oecd delegations and embassies of asian countries in paris, in particular, ambassador Hyoung Kwon Ko and deputy permanent representative Heesang Kim, ambassador Sarun charoensuwan, ambassador dato' azfar Mohamad Mustafar, ambassador Kyaw Zeya, ambassador