egovernmentedevelopment A World Bank Perspective

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e-government/e-developmentA World Bank
Perspective

• Bruno Lanvin
• E-strategies Advisor
• The World Bank
• Geneva

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E-strategies and WB missions

• E-development and e-strategies
• Benchmarking
• Monitoring and evaluation
• MDGs and ICTs

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E-government and WB missions

• Efficiency
• Transparency
• Poverty reduction/wealth creation
• Institution Building
• Competitiveness and Information Societies

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Shedding different lights at a complex set of
issues
Global Information Infrastructure
Missing Link (Maitland Report)
Digital Divide
Empowerment
Knowledge
Content
Applications
Regulatory aspects
Infrastructure
1985
1988
1991
1994
1997
2000
2003
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E-Government Pre-requisites
Access Basic skills Content Desire Engagement
- Infrastructure, costs, competition/regulation

• Basic education, vocational
• training, ICT awareness

- Value to government and citizens
- Political will to reform

• Commitment of all components of civil society

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How IT can change Governments
Governments functions
Informatization Decentralization
E-government - Customs - Taxes -
Procurement Statistics/macro-economic
management Local government (cities e.g.)
IT
Civil Society
Globalization Market efficiency
Governments roles
Fiscal and monetary policy Trade/FDI
policy Diplomacy/defense Education Legal/regulator
y/competition policy Justice/order and other
regalian roles
Demand/Supply for IT purchases
Technology supply, markets for IT
Leadership Facilitation
Limits to IT imports/exports
Labor supply for IT sector
Incentives/limits for IT market
E-strategy, national ambition/social project
pursued through IT
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8.00
How much Government in your E-strategy ?
SIN
7.00
6.00
AUT
TUN
ISR
CAN
SWE
UK
USA
ICE
KOR
CHN
IRE
SWI
EST
DEN
HKG
5.00
MAL
FRA
JAP
AUL
SPA
HUN
NET
NWZ
SRI
LUX
NOR
FIN
BRA
Government
CZE
GER
INI
LIT
CHL
THA
ITA
POR
BEL
SLV
JAM
4.00
LAT
MOR
BOT
VIE
TRI
NAM
SAF
CRO
RUS
SLK
DOM
POL
GRE
BUL
MAU
COL
COS
MEX
PHI
3.00
URU
JOR
INO
ELS
NIA
PER
UKR
NIC
TUR
ROM
BAN
PAN
EGY
ARG
ECU
HON
2.00
VEN
BOL
ZIM
PAR
GUA
HAI
1.00
0.00
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
Income per capita
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Leaders and Facilitators
7.00
FIN
SWE
GER
USA
UK
CHL
AUT
CAN
HKG
NOR
DOM
FRA
SIN
6.00
ITA
SWI
POR
ICE
NET
First circle (top performers)
TAI
BRA
ELS
KOR
AUL
VEN
NWZ
DEN
ARG
BEL
SPA
BUL
SLK
ISR
EST
5.00
JAP
LUX
INI
PHI
HUN
JOR
Second circle (the contestants)
IRE
EGY
SRI
MLT
THA
Facilitators
CZE
GRE
PER
GUA
INO
4.00
JAM
PAN
URU
MEX
TUR
BOL
RUS
VIE
POL
CHN
LAT
ROM
ZIM
UKR
3.00
PAR
COS
LIT
SAF
NIC
COL
SLV
Third circle (ready or not)
BAN
NIA
TRI
ECU
HON
2.00
MAU
8.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
Leaders
Note the Government variable of the GITR
index has been used as proxy for Government
leadership (x), whereas Competition in
telecoms has been used as an indicator of the
effectiveness of Governments as facilitators (y)
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Payment and on-line transactions who, how and
why ?
Govt, business and private citizens
Enhancing efficiency and competitiveness
Transactions (payments)
IT/e-sec companies Govt, banks (prv/pub)
Building trust and encouraging use
Applications (e-security)
Telcos, Banks (private/public)
Offering efficient economic tools
Telecom/payment Infrastructure
Government Regulatory authorities
Enhancing competition and predictability
Legal regulatory framework
WHO ?
HOW ?
WHY ?
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Do not lose sight of the Big Picture
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ICT and MDGs
Goal 1 Poverty eradication
Targets 1,2
Goal 2 Primary education Goal 3 Gender
equality Goal 4 Child mortality red. Goal 5
Maternal health Goal 6 HIV/AIDS, and oid Goal 7
Environment
Target 3
Target 4
Scorecards and monitoring (tracking 48 indicators)
Target 5
Efforts (resources) from local and international
communities to reach MDGs
Target 6
Targets 7,8
Target 9
Goal 8 ICT Partnerships
Targ 12 to 18
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Improvements expected

• ICT in CAS
• Application/value vs infrastructure
• ICT and Knowledge
• E-government and governance
• Benchmarking, Monitoring and evaluation
• WSIS, UNICTTF, and MDGs
• Private sector involvement

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• Thanks for your attention
• blanvin_at_worldbank.org