SOME SUCCESS STORIES from the ICT4D KTF › Acknowledgments
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SOME SUCCESS STORIES FROM THE ICT4D KTF › Acknowledgments Valuable input, guidance and support at various stages of the preparation of this paper were received from Randeep Sudan, Valerie D’Costa, Seda Pahlavooni, Marta Priftis, Flore Martinant de Preneuf, Henna Lee, Roger Burke, Mauricio Rios Ibanez, Tomoko Hirata, Gregory Thomas Wlosinsk and Ann-Marie Wildman. The ICT4D KTF success stories captured in this paper were written by Tim Kelly, Oleg Petrov, Roza Vasileva, Siou Chew Kuek, Eva Clemente Miranda, Arturo Muente Kunigami, Natasha Beschorner, Zaid Safdar, Tuukka Castren, Lyudmila Bujoreanu, Holly Krambeck, Samia Melhem, Gurcharan Singh, Arleen Cannata Seed, and Isabelle Huynh. 2 Expanding Broadband for › Economic Development Context representative to join their National The objective of this project was to develop Broadband Advisory Council as a result the “Broadband Toolkit,” consisting of a of this work. handbook, a toolkit, and training materials for ■ The work is widely cited in the academic broadband implementation strategies focused world. Google Scholar lists more than on developing countries and building upon 70 citations related to the work and the previous World Bank work. This objective number is growing. has led to the creation of a modular global ■ The work has influenced other knowledge product that: (i) demonstrates broadband resources, notably the how broadband enables economic and social OECD broadband portal and the work development; and (ii) provides developing of the UN Broadband Commission. country policymakers and regulators with the tools to create strategies, design policies, and ■ The work has informed World Bank implement programs that expand the reach lending programs, notably in the RCIP, and increase the use of broadband ICTs so as to WARCIP and CAB programs in Africa. reap the developmental benefits they facilitate. Impact of the Project The completion of the broadband strategies handbook and toolkit has brought a high level of visibility to the analysis, shown, for instance, in the large number of countries that have adopted national broadband strategies. To date: ■ There has been a high rate of dissemination of the handbook and toolkit, through distribution of handbook and web downloads. From February- March 2014, the website received an average 819 views per day, from 300 unique visitors with downloads of more than 200 MB per day (see chart). ■ There has been an identified influencing policy development, especially relating to national broadband plans. An example of this is the national broadband plan of Mauritius, available at the mitc.gov website, which draws extensively on the handbook. ■ South Africa has invited a World Bank Seven Project Modules. 3 Expanding Broadband for Economic › Development Key Outputs and/or Outcomes completed in June 2012. A second phase saw During the first phase of the project, the the completion of the four remaining modules. “Broadband Strategies Handbook” was These cover: universal access (Module 4), published (February 2012) and three out of broadband technologies (Module 5), user seven full modules were completed. A website demand (Module 6), and global footprints was developed (www.broadband-toolkit. (Module 7). The final modules were uploaded org) and seven case studies of broadband to the website on April 16, 2014. Additional development completed and published: research was carried out on the absorptive Brazil, Kenya, Morocco, Sri Lanka, St. Kitts, capacity of different economies for broadband Turkey, and Vietnam. The first phase was and its impact on economic growth. Affordable broadband is a key pillar Broadband Strategies Toolkit, web usage statistics, since of the World Bank Group ICT Sector launch on March 21, 2012 to April 22, 2014 Strategy, 2012-2015. www.broadband-toolkit.org. 4 Leveraging the HELP Grant for › transformational projects Context Government Mikhail Abyzov, and 17 regional The objective of the HELP Grant (a network governors. Participation in this conference has of high level government leaders, experts, facilitated further business development in the and practitioners) was to identify and catalyze country by allowing the Bank to establish and high impact e-transformation projects and deepen relationships with prospective federal fee-based (FBS) engagements in countries that and regional clients. As a result, the Bank was seek to leverage cutting-edge technologies able to catalyze a new FBS agreement in the and policy approaches, such as Open Data, area of e-government and ICT development cloud computing, cybersecurity, big data with the Ministry of Telecom and Mass analytics, microwork, and open innovation Communications in the summer of 2013, which for economic growth, poverty reduction, and came about thanks to a major upstream effort citizen engagement. facilitated by this HELP activity. The video snapshot of the first conference day Impact of the Project can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/ The grant built a network of high- watch?v=hkqUXyv0z6A&list=UUIXvK4iqxyx6B- level government leaders, experts, 9BiluF1q_w&index=3 and event photos are and practitioners (The HELP Network), accessible through this link: https://www.drop- promoting the benefits that ICT can bring for box.com/sh/4cq25ruye9u0avl/IPSdFN19WQ socioeconomic development. Several Bank and Bank-invited experts have led a set of master classes (http://xn--e1aajf- Key Outputs and/or Outcomes pcds8ay4h.xn--80abeamcuufxbhgound0h9cl. xn--p1ai/broadcast/) on specific topics of Open In October 2012, the World Bank facilitated a Government. The first part of the plenary ses- study visit of then-Minister of IT of Ulyanovsk sion featuring Prime Minister Medvedev and Oblast of the Russian Federation, Ms. Svetlana Chris Vein can be viewed here: http://www.you- Opyonysheva, to the U.S., where she visited tube.com/watch?v=nymZLVxH2jo&list=UUIX- Albany, the Fairfax local governments, the vK4iqxyx6B9BiluF1q_w&index=4, and the sec- ICEGOV 2012 conference, and held a series of ond part with Chris Vein and Andrew Stott can meetings in Washington, DC. This study visit be accessed here: http://www.youtube.com/ has had a major impact on the conclusion of watch?v=ZVFdKUdhwt4&list=UUIXvK4iqxyx6B- the FBS agreement between the World Bank 9BiluF1q_w&index=2. and the Government of Ulyanovsk Oblast in the area of Open Data and open government. In late February 2013, the World Bank con- vened ministerial level representatives from In November 2012, the World Bank took part in several client countries (Rwanda, Ghana, Philip- a high level international conference on Open pines, Kazakhstan, and Nicaragua) to partici- Government in the Russian Federation, which pate in the high-profile HELP event on Smart presented a unique business development Solutions during the Sustainable Development opportunity enabling the Bank to showcase Network Forum 2013. The event was streamed its expertise and service offerings in open live; recordings and speaker presentations government among Russia’s federal and can be accessed here: mms://wbmswebcast1. regional executive leadership, including Prime worldbank.org/SDN/2013-02-28/SDN_Sec- Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Minister for Open tor_Week..asf. 5 Leveraging the HELP Grant for › transformational projects SMART Government Days in May 2013 discussions with Rwandan stakeholders by in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia were designed helping to organize the “SMART Rwanda at the request of the Government of Days” event in Kigali, Rwanda in June 2013. Mongolia to support its objective of greater The smashing success of Smart Rwanda Days competitiveness, transparency, and citizen further inspired Minister Nsengimana and engagement. A total of 200 participants the Bank’s team to replicate this approach at from government agencies, private sector a regional level during the Transform Africa and civil society were convened to exchange Summit in late October. Transform Africa experiences and knowledge on how to was a major four-day pan-African ICT summit make use of the latest information and attended by more than 1,200 delegates, communication technologies to produce smart including Heads of States from Burkina Faso, solutions for governance. Gabon, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, South Sudan, Under the auspices of the HELP grant, a and Uganda, senior representatives of more series of discussions with global experts than 100 governments, top executives of took place aimed at co-creation of a Smart major global brands like Facebook, Google, Rwanda vision. The first co-creation exercise Microsoft, HP, SAMSUNG, SAP, Korea Telecom, was “Smart Rwanda Workshop” organized and others. Thanks to HELP grant activities, the as part of the ICT Solutions Day 2013 that “smart” transformation agenda is now being engaged senior policy makers, World Bank mainstreamed across Africa through the newly specialists, external experts, and audiences in created Smart Africa Alliance. These activities an open, collaborative, and iterative process have illustrated how the Bank can help bring of developing ICT-driven approaches to fresh and bold ideas to address client countries’ country-specific development challenges in most difficult development challenges. health, education, and rural development. This In October 2013, the Government of Tanzania workshop has deeply inspired the Rwandan requested the World Bank to set up a Minister of Youth and ICT who subsequently videoconference consultation on Open Data requested the World Bank to continue the policies with global experts from nations that SMART Government Days