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DevelopmentEx

DevelopmentEx.com. Utilizing IT to Improve the Development Process. How IT Can Promote Development. 5 ways IT can help. 1 Improving worker productivity 2 Promoting trade and markets 3 Delivering social services more efficiently 4 Promoting community and democracy

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  1. DevelopmentEx.com Utilizing IT to Improve the Development Process

  2. How IT Can Promote Development 5 ways IT can help 1 Improving worker productivity 2 Promoting trade and markets 3 Delivering social services more efficiently 4 Promoting community and democracy • 5 Increasing the efficiency of the donor process

  3. Problems with the Donor Process issues companies/NGOs face High Administrative Costs – How can I manage international projects with onerous government regulations inexpensively? Lack of transparency – How can I find out what projects are out there and what they entail? Dearth of host country involvement – Where do I find professionals local to the country where the project is based, instead of staffing only Western consultants? Small number of firms/NGOs dominate the field – How can an “outside the Beltway” firm/NGO break in?

  4. DevelopmentEx Accomplishments leading website for development professionals Building a community of development professionals – 75,000 Global Development Briefing subscribers Reducing administrative costs – nearly every major US-based development firm/NGO is a premium (paying) member, plus several abroad Promoting local capacity – approx. 10,000 consultants and firms/NGOs from around the world are registered (free) members, marketing themselves for development project work Creating transparency – more than a dozen researchers around the world systematically tracking development projects

  5. Looking Ahead change factors for DevelopmentEx and donors Untied aid agreements Internet-based bidding systems Increased transparency in procurement process Partnerships between for-profit and non-profit organizations More South-South development projects

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