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e-government/e-development A World Bank Perspective

e-government/e-development A World Bank Perspective. Bruno Lanvin E-strategies Advisor The World Bank Geneva. E-strategies and WB missions. E-development and e-strategies Benchmarking Monitoring and evaluation MDGs and ICTs. E-government and WB missions. Efficiency Transparency

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e-government/e-development A World Bank Perspective

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  1. e-government/e-developmentA World Bank Perspective Bruno Lanvin E-strategies Advisor The World Bank Geneva

  2. E-strategies and WB missions • E-development and e-strategies • Benchmarking • Monitoring and evaluation • MDGs and ICTs

  3. E-government and WB missions • Efficiency • Transparency • Poverty reduction/wealth creation • Institution Building • Competitiveness and Information Societies

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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/regulatory/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

  7. NEW (increasing role) Usage Environment Readiness G5 G4 • Addressing ‘Digital Divides’ • domestically • internationally • Giving signals to markets • ICT as a national priority • large projects or objectives • Promote and defend national interests in international and global forums • E-government • services on line • procurement • trade facilitation • civil society participation Leader • Education policy • curricula • ICT training facilities • Wiring/networking of schools G3 G2 Facilitator • Macro-economic environment • Fiscal policies (cost, innovation, investment, VC) • Legal/regulatory environment for ICT (competition, indepen-dent regulator, rule of law) G1 Producer • Lay out ICT infrastructure • Produce ICT equipment • Finance Public R&D OLD (diminishing role)

  8. y = 0.5822Ln(x) - 1.0374 2 R = 0.4538 8.00 How much Government in your E-strategy ? 7.00 SIN 6.00 AUT TUN ISR CAN SWE UK USA ICE KOR CHN SWI IRE 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 MOR LAT BOT VIE NAM SAF TRI RUS SLK CRO DOM POL GRE BUL MAU COL COS MEX PHI 3.00 INO URU JOR ELS NIA PER UKR NIC TUR ROM BAN EGY PAN 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

  9. 2 R = 0.3991 y = 0.6839x + 1.9399 Leaders and Facilitators 7.00 FIN SWE GER USA UK CHL AUT CAN HKG NOR DOM FRA 6.00 SIN 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)

  10. 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 ?

  11. Do not lose sight of the Big Picture

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Thanks for your attention blanvin@worldbank.org

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