Capturing Technology for Development
            : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in
            Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 2. Appendixes

Independent Evaluation Group

dc.creator	Independent Evaluation Group
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:05:03Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T09:05:03Z
dc.date	2011
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:35:24Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:35:24Z
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_20111115022924
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2371
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242748
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	2242
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subject	ACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subject	ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject	ADOPTION OF ICT
dc.subject	APL
dc.subject	APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	AUDITING
dc.subject	AUTOMATION
dc.subject	BACKBONE
dc.subject	BANKING SERVICES
dc.subject	BROADBAND
dc.subject	CAPABILITIES
dc.subject	CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject	CELL PHONE
dc.subject	COMMERCE
dc.subject	COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject	COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
dc.subject	COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	COMPETITIVE MARKETS
dc.subject	COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	COMPUTERS
dc.subject	CONDITIONALITY
dc.subject	CONNECTIVITY
dc.subject	CONSOLIDATION
dc.subject	CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
dc.subject	CUSTOMS
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONTEXT
dc.subject	DIGITAL DIVIDE
dc.subject	DIGITAL SIGNATURES
dc.subject	DISTANCE LEARNING
dc.subject	DOMAINS
dc.subject	E-CITIZEN
dc.subject	E-FINANCE
dc.subject	E-GOVERNANCE
dc.subject	E-GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	E-GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
dc.subject	E-PAYMENT
dc.subject	E-SERVICES
dc.subject	ECONOMETRICS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subject	EGOVERNANCE
dc.subject	EGOVERNMENT
dc.subject	EGOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subject	EMPIRICAL STUDIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	ENTREPRENEURSHIP
dc.subject	EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SERVICE
dc.subject	FINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
dc.subject	FIXED COSTS
dc.subject	FLOW OF INFORMATION
dc.subject	FRAUD
dc.subject	GLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	GLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subject	GOVERNMENT SERVICES
dc.subject	HARDWARE
dc.subject	HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject	ICT
dc.subject	ID
dc.subject	IMPLEMENTATION OF E-GOVERNMENT
dc.subject	IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
dc.subject	INFORMATION FLOWS
dc.subject	INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	INFORMATION NETWORKS
dc.subject	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject	INNOVATIONS
dc.subject	INSTALLATION
dc.subject	INSTITUTION
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTERNAL PROCESSES
dc.subject	KNOW-HOW
dc.subject	KNOWING
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	LAWS
dc.subject	LEGAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
dc.subject	LICENSES
dc.subject	MANUFACTURING
dc.subject	MARGINAL COST
dc.subject	MICROFINANCE
dc.subject	MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	MOBILE PHONE
dc.subject	MOBILE PHONES
dc.subject	MOBILE TELEPHONE
dc.subject	MOBILE TELEPHONY
dc.subject	MORAL HAZARD
dc.subject	NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	NETWORKS
dc.subject	OPEN SYSTEMS
dc.subject	PENETRATION RATE
dc.subject	PENETRATION RATES
dc.subject	PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject	PRIVACY
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTORS
dc.subject	PROCUREMENT
dc.subject	PROCUREMENT PROCESSES
dc.subject	PRODUCERS
dc.subject	PRODUCTION PROCESSES
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subject	PROFITABILITY
dc.subject	PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	PUBLISHING
dc.subject	REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
dc.subject	RELIABILITY
dc.subject	RESULT
dc.subject	RESULTS
dc.subject	RURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	SAL
dc.subject	SEARCH
dc.subject	SERVERS
dc.subject	SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subject	SOURCE OF EXPERTISE
dc.subject	SUPERVISION
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	TAX ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT
dc.subject	TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
dc.subject	TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
dc.subject	TECHNICAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
dc.subject	TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
dc.subject	TELECOM
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATION
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	TELEMEDICINE
dc.subject	TELEPHONE LINES
dc.subject	TELEPHONE SERVICE
dc.subject	TEXT
dc.subject	TRANSACTION
dc.subject	TRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subject	TRANSMISSION
dc.subject	TRANSPORT
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL SERVICE
dc.subject	URBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	USER
dc.subject	USERS
dc.subject	VARIABLE COSTS
dc.subject	VOICE TELEPHONY
dc.subject	WEB
dc.subject	WILLINGNESS TO PAY
dc.title	Capturing Technology for Development : An Evaluation of World Bank Group Activities in Information and Communication Technologies, Volume 2. Appendixes
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Publication