Capturing Technology for Development : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 2. Appendixes
Technological innovation drives economic progress. Information and communication technologies (ICT) can be leveraged for development, but harnessing this potential depends on an enabling environment for their production, diffusion, and use. Otherwi...
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY ADOPTION OF ICT APL APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES AUDITING AUTOMATION BACKBONE BANKING SERVICES BROADBAND CAPABILITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CELL PHONE COMMERCE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTERS CONDITIONALITY CONNECTIVITY CONSOLIDATION CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CUSTOMS DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT DIGITAL DIVIDE DIGITAL SIGNATURES DISTANCE LEARNING DOMAINS E-CITIZEN E-FINANCE E-GOVERNANCE E-GOVERNMENT E-GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES E-PAYMENT E-SERVICES ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM EGOVERNANCE EGOVERNMENT EGOVERNMENT INITIATIVES ELECTRICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP EQUIPMENT EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FIXED COSTS FLOW OF INFORMATION FRAUD GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT SERVICES HARDWARE HUMAN CAPITAL ICT ID IMPLEMENTATION OF E-GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION NETWORKS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INSTALLATION INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT INSURANCE INTERNAL PROCESSES KNOW-HOW KNOWING LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LICENSES MANUFACTURING MARGINAL COST MICROFINANCE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MOBILE TELEPHONE MOBILE TELEPHONY MORAL HAZARD NETWORK DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS OPEN SYSTEMS PENETRATION RATE PENETRATION RATES PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY MAKERS PRIVACY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESSES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROFITABILITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS RURAL COMMUNITIES SAL SEARCH SERVERS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOURCE OF EXPERTISE SUPERVISION SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TAX ADMINISTRATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELEMEDICINE TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE SERVICE TEXT TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSMISSION TRANSPORT UNIVERSAL SERVICE URBAN DEVELOPMENT USER USERS VARIABLE COSTS VOICE TELEPHONY WEB WILLINGNESS TO PAY |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY ADOPTION OF ICT APL APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES AUDITING AUTOMATION BACKBONE BANKING SERVICES BROADBAND CAPABILITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CELL PHONE COMMERCE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTERS CONDITIONALITY CONNECTIVITY CONSOLIDATION CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CUSTOMS DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT DIGITAL DIVIDE DIGITAL SIGNATURES DISTANCE LEARNING DOMAINS E-CITIZEN E-FINANCE E-GOVERNANCE E-GOVERNMENT E-GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES E-PAYMENT E-SERVICES ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM EGOVERNANCE EGOVERNMENT EGOVERNMENT INITIATIVES ELECTRICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP EQUIPMENT EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FIXED COSTS FLOW OF INFORMATION FRAUD GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT SERVICES HARDWARE HUMAN CAPITAL ICT ID IMPLEMENTATION OF E-GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION NETWORKS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INSTALLATION INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT INSURANCE INTERNAL PROCESSES KNOW-HOW KNOWING LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LICENSES MANUFACTURING MARGINAL COST MICROFINANCE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MOBILE TELEPHONE MOBILE TELEPHONY MORAL HAZARD NETWORK DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS OPEN SYSTEMS PENETRATION RATE PENETRATION RATES PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY MAKERS PRIVACY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESSES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROFITABILITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS RURAL COMMUNITIES SAL SEARCH SERVERS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOURCE OF EXPERTISE SUPERVISION SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TAX ADMINISTRATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELEMEDICINE TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE SERVICE TEXT TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSMISSION TRANSPORT UNIVERSAL SERVICE URBAN DEVELOPMENT USER USERS VARIABLE COSTS VOICE TELEPHONY WEB WILLINGNESS TO PAY Independent Evaluation Group Capturing Technology for Development : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 2. Appendixes |
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Technological innovation drives economic
progress. Information and communication technologies (ICT)
can be leveraged for development, but harnessing this
potential depends on an enabling environment for their
production, diffusion, and use. Otherwise, technology can
widen rather than narrow existing inequalities. Over the
past decade developing countries have seen rapid but uneven
growth in ICT access and use. The unprecedented spread of
mobile technologies, driven by private sector investment and
supported by reforms to promote competition, enabled the
growth of phone services for the underserved and poor to
levels unseen before. But outside mobile telephony, large
gaps exist in high-speed Internet access and broadband
connectivity and in the diffusion and use of ICT in
business, services, and government the areas where ICT can
deliver the largest developmental impacts. The World Bank
Group's strategy has sought development results in ICT
by promoting (i) sector reform, (ii) access to information
infrastructure, (iii) ICT skills development, and (iv) ICT
applications. Among these areas, the Bank Group's most
notable contributions have been in sector reforms and
support to private investments for mobile telephony in
difficult environments and in the poorest countries, where
most of its activities have taken place. Countries with Bank
Group support for policy reform and investments have
increased competition and access faster than countries
without such support. Going forward, the World Bank Group
should retain a role in ICT, but with an important shift in
priorities. First, the importance of reforms suggests a role
for the Bank in this area related to (i) updating regulatory
frameworks and (ii) preserving competition in the face of
consolidation and convergence in the sector. Second, gaps in
broadband and internet access, in the context of overall
expansion of coverage, call for a selective role of the
International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral
Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) in supporting private
investments in difficult environments. |
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| title |
Capturing Technology for Development
: An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in
Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 2. Appendixes |
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Capturing Technology for Development
: An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in
Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 2. Appendixes |
| title_full |
Capturing Technology for Development
: An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in
Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 2. Appendixes |
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Capturing Technology for Development
: An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in
Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 2. Appendixes |
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Capturing Technology for Development
: An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in
Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 2. Appendixes |
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capturing technology for development
: an evaluation of world bank group activities in
information and communication technologies, volume 2. appendixes |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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okr-10986-23712021-04-23T14:02:01Z Capturing Technology for Development : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 2. Appendixes Independent Evaluation Group ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY ADOPTION OF ICT APL APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES AUDITING AUTOMATION BACKBONE BANKING SERVICES BROADBAND CAPABILITIES CAPACITY BUILDING CELL PHONE COMMERCE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTERS CONDITIONALITY CONNECTIVITY CONSOLIDATION CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CUSTOMS DECISION MAKING DEMOGRAPHICS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT DIGITAL DIVIDE DIGITAL SIGNATURES DISTANCE LEARNING DOMAINS E-CITIZEN E-FINANCE E-GOVERNANCE E-GOVERNMENT E-GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES E-PAYMENT E-SERVICES ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM EGOVERNANCE EGOVERNMENT EGOVERNMENT INITIATIVES ELECTRICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP EQUIPMENT EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FIXED COSTS FLOW OF INFORMATION FRAUD GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKETS GOVERNMENT SERVICES HARDWARE HUMAN CAPITAL ICT ID IMPLEMENTATION OF E-GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INFORMATION FLOWS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION NETWORKS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INSTALLATION INSTITUTION INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT INSURANCE INTERNAL PROCESSES KNOW-HOW KNOWING LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LICENSES MANUFACTURING MARGINAL COST MICROFINANCE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MOBILE TELEPHONE MOBILE TELEPHONY MORAL HAZARD NETWORK DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS OPEN SYSTEMS PENETRATION RATE PENETRATION RATES PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY MAKERS PRIVACY PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTORS PROCUREMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESSES PRODUCERS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROFITABILITY PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLISHING REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS RURAL COMMUNITIES SAL SEARCH SERVERS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOURCE OF EXPERTISE SUPERVISION SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TAX ADMINISTRATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELEMEDICINE TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE SERVICE TEXT TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSMISSION TRANSPORT UNIVERSAL SERVICE URBAN DEVELOPMENT USER USERS VARIABLE COSTS VOICE TELEPHONY WEB WILLINGNESS TO PAY Technological innovation drives economic progress. Information and communication technologies (ICT) can be leveraged for development, but harnessing this potential depends on an enabling environment for their production, diffusion, and use. Otherwise, technology can widen rather than narrow existing inequalities. Over the past decade developing countries have seen rapid but uneven growth in ICT access and use. The unprecedented spread of mobile technologies, driven by private sector investment and supported by reforms to promote competition, enabled the growth of phone services for the underserved and poor to levels unseen before. But outside mobile telephony, large gaps exist in high-speed Internet access and broadband connectivity and in the diffusion and use of ICT in business, services, and government the areas where ICT can deliver the largest developmental impacts. The World Bank Group's strategy has sought development results in ICT by promoting (i) sector reform, (ii) access to information infrastructure, (iii) ICT skills development, and (iv) ICT applications. Among these areas, the Bank Group's most notable contributions have been in sector reforms and support to private investments for mobile telephony in difficult environments and in the poorest countries, where most of its activities have taken place. Countries with Bank Group support for policy reform and investments have increased competition and access faster than countries without such support. Going forward, the World Bank Group should retain a role in ICT, but with an important shift in priorities. First, the importance of reforms suggests a role for the Bank in this area related to (i) updating regulatory frameworks and (ii) preserving competition in the face of consolidation and convergence in the sector. Second, gaps in broadband and internet access, in the context of overall expansion of coverage, call for a selective role of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) in supporting private investments in difficult environments. 2012-03-19T09:05:03Z 2012-03-19T09:05:03Z 2011 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000386194_20111115022924 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2371 English 2242 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication |