Informatics and Social Action Funds in SubSaharan Africa

Informatics and Social Action Funds in SubSaharan Africa

The note outlines the impact of three of the largest Bank-assisted social action funds in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the role the informatics component of each of these funds (Ethiopia, Malawi, and Zambia), played in the dynamics of project implementa...

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Main Authors: Pidatala, Krishna, Raheem, Ghazali
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
INFORMATION ANALYSIS
SOCIAL FUNDS
PROJECT DESIGN
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
COST ANALYSIS
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AUTOMATION
COMMUNITIES
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTING
INFORMATICS
MICROPROJECTS
MIS
PROJECT MONITORING
SERVER
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL ACTION FUNDS
SOCIAL REHABILITATION
STAKEHOLDERS
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/05/1089529/informatics-social-action-funds-sub-saharan-africa
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spelling okr-10986-98662021-04-23T14:02:47Z Informatics and Social Action Funds in SubSaharan Africa Pidatala, Krishna Raheem, Ghazali INFORMATION ANALYSIS SOCIAL FUNDS PROJECT DESIGN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS REGIONAL ANALYSIS COST ANALYSIS ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AUTOMATION COMMUNITIES COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COMPUTING INFORMATICS MICROPROJECTS MIS PROJECT MONITORING SERVER SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL ACTION FUNDS SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL REHABILITATION STAKEHOLDERS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE The note outlines the impact of three of the largest Bank-assisted social action funds in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the role the informatics component of each of these funds (Ethiopia, Malawi, and Zambia), played in the dynamics of project implementation. Lessons highlight the significance of informatics as a development tool, particularly in the design, and implementation of social funds. However, due to the diverse geographical nature of these social action funds, technical expertise was spread too thin at the regional levels, contributing to ineffective results in information technology, consequently with increased costs in time, and resources. 2012-08-13T09:44:40Z 2012-08-13T09:44:40Z 1999-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/05/1089529/informatics-social-action-funds-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9866 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 40 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Malawi Ethiopia Zambia
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topic INFORMATION ANALYSIS
SOCIAL FUNDS
PROJECT DESIGN
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
COST ANALYSIS
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AUTOMATION
COMMUNITIES
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTING
INFORMATICS
MICROPROJECTS
MIS
PROJECT MONITORING
SERVER
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL ACTION FUNDS
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL REHABILITATION
STAKEHOLDERS
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
spellingShingle INFORMATION ANALYSIS
SOCIAL FUNDS
PROJECT DESIGN
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
COST ANALYSIS
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AUTOMATION
COMMUNITIES
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTING
INFORMATICS
MICROPROJECTS
MIS
PROJECT MONITORING
SERVER
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL ACTION FUNDS
SOCIAL FUNDS
SOCIAL REHABILITATION
STAKEHOLDERS
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Pidatala, Krishna
Raheem, Ghazali
Informatics and Social Action Funds in SubSaharan Africa
geographic_facet Africa
Malawi
Ethiopia
Zambia
relation Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 40
description The note outlines the impact of three of the largest Bank-assisted social action funds in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the role the informatics component of each of these funds (Ethiopia, Malawi, and Zambia), played in the dynamics of project implementation. Lessons highlight the significance of informatics as a development tool, particularly in the design, and implementation of social funds. However, due to the diverse geographical nature of these social action funds, technical expertise was spread too thin at the regional levels, contributing to ineffective results in information technology, consequently with increased costs in time, and resources.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Pidatala, Krishna
Raheem, Ghazali
author_facet Pidatala, Krishna
Raheem, Ghazali
author_sort Pidatala, Krishna
title Informatics and Social Action Funds in SubSaharan Africa
title_short Informatics and Social Action Funds in SubSaharan Africa
title_full Informatics and Social Action Funds in SubSaharan Africa
title_fullStr Informatics and Social Action Funds in SubSaharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Informatics and Social Action Funds in SubSaharan Africa
title_sort informatics and social action funds in subsaharan africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/05/1089529/informatics-social-action-funds-sub-saharan-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9866
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