Capturing Technology for Development
            : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in
            Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 1. The Evaluation

Independent Evaluation Group

dc.creator	Independent Evaluation Group
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:05:02Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:05:02Z
dc.date	2011
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:35:23Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:35:23Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000386194_20111115022712
dc.identifier	978-1-60244-193-4
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2370
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242747
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation	2243
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	ACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subject	ACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subject	ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	ACTION PLAN
dc.subject	ADOPTION OF ICT
dc.subject	ADVISORY SERVICE
dc.subject	ADVISORY SERVICES
dc.subject	BACK-OFFICE
dc.subject	BACKBONE
dc.subject	BACKBONES
dc.subject	BANK LENDING
dc.subject	BEST PRACTICE
dc.subject	BROADBAND
dc.subject	BROADBAND ACCESS
dc.subject	BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY
dc.subject	BUSINESS INCUBATORS
dc.subject	BUSINESS MODEL
dc.subject	BUSINESS MODELS
dc.subject	BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	CAPABILITIES
dc.subject	CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject	CAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subject	COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
dc.subject	COMMUNICATION SERVICES
dc.subject	COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	COMPUTERS
dc.subject	CONSOLIDATION
dc.subject	CONSULTING SERVICE
dc.subject	COORDINATION MECHANISMS
dc.subject	DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject	DELIVERY SYSTEMS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT BANK
dc.subject	E-COMMERCE
dc.subject	E-GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	E-LEARNING
dc.subject	E-MAIL
dc.subject	ECONOMIC COOPERATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMICS
dc.subject	ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	EMPOWERMENT
dc.subject	ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	ENTREPRENEURS
dc.subject	ENTREPRENEURSHIP
dc.subject	EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	EXTERNAL FUNDS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	GICT
dc.subject	GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT POLICY
dc.subject	GUARANTEE AGENCY
dc.subject	HARMONIZATION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPACITY
dc.subject	ICT
dc.subject	INEQUALITIES
dc.subject	INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	INNOVATIONS
dc.subject	INSTITUTION
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION
dc.subject	INTERNET ACCESS
dc.subject	INTERNET SERVICES
dc.subject	KEY CHALLENGES
dc.subject	KNOWLEDGE BASE
dc.subject	LENDING PORTFOLIO
dc.subject	LICENSING
dc.subject	MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subject	MASS MARKET
dc.subject	MATERIAL
dc.subject	MEDIUM ENTERPRISE
dc.subject	MOBILE APPLICATIONS
dc.subject	MOBILE DEVICES
dc.subject	MOBILE NETWORK
dc.subject	MOBILE PHONE
dc.subject	MOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBERS
dc.subject	MOBILE PHONES
dc.subject	MOBILE SERVICE
dc.subject	MOBILE TELEPHONE
dc.subject	MOBILE TELEPHONY
dc.subject	MONEY TRANSFER
dc.subject	NETWORKS
dc.subject	NEW BUSINESS
dc.subject	OPEN GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
dc.subject	PENETRATION RATE
dc.subject	PENETRATION RATES
dc.subject	PHOTO
dc.subject	PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	POLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	POLICY FRAMEWORKS
dc.subject	PRIVATE INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
dc.subject	PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTORS
dc.subject	PRIVATIZATION
dc.subject	PROCUREMENT
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	PUBLIC- PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
dc.subject	PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
dc.subject	PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
dc.subject	RATES OF RETURN
dc.subject	REAL-TIME DATA
dc.subject	REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
dc.subject	REORGANIZATION
dc.subject	RESULT
dc.subject	RESULTS
dc.subject	RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	RISK MITIGATION
dc.subject	RURAL ACCESS
dc.subject	SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
dc.subject	SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	SUPERVISION
dc.subject	SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ISSUES
dc.subject	TECHNICAL SKILLS
dc.subject	TECHNICAL STAFF
dc.subject	TECHNICAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGY POLICY
dc.subject	TELECOM
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS
dc.subject	TELEPHONE
dc.subject	TELEPHONE PENETRATION
dc.subject	TRACKING SYSTEM
dc.subject	TRAINING MATERIALS
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	UNION
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL ACCESS
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL ACCESS POLICIES
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL SERVICE
dc.subject	URBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	USER
dc.subject	USERS
dc.subject	USES
dc.subject	VENTURE CAPITAL
dc.subject	VILLAGE
dc.subject	VILLAGES
dc.subject	WIRELESS ACCESS
dc.title	Capturing Technology for Development : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 1. The Evaluation
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication