7 plenary-thematic ict by bedes 11mar2016
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7th ADB Business Opportunities Fair
17 March 2016
ICT for Development
Bart W. Édes, SDCC
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What ICT can do for development• ICT is an enabler of economic growth, social stability and
development
• ICT provides an enabling environment through inclusion,
efficiency and innovation
• It delivers more efficient and cost-effective services, creates
jobs, encourages investment
• Two billion people remain largely untouched by ICT, and half
a billion live outside areas with a mobile signal
• ICT is part of the Sustainable Development Goals, featuring
strongly in four of the 17 goals, including the overarching
goal on SDG implementation
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ADB support for ICT
• Strategy 2020 emphasizes ICT infrastructure
• Mid-Term Review recognizes ICT as an
enabler for service delivery, e-governance,
and applications in education, finance, and
public management
• Between 2000 and 2013, ADB supported
376 ICT-related loan, grant and technical
assistance projects worth $9.8 billion
• Vast majority was for ICT embedded in
sovereign sector operations
• Most of the few stand-alone ICT
projects are private sector
investments in telecommunications
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Sector breakdown of
ADB’s ICT intervention
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What ADB has helped to
develop and maintain
• ICT infrastructure - telecommunication networks, mobile
and wireless networks, broadband cable networks, data
centers, last-mile internet connectivity
• ICT industries - ICT centers of excellence,
research/computer laboratories; ICY-enabled industries
(BPO, etc.)
See: Promoting Information and Communication Technology in ADB Operations (September 2014)
• ICT-enabled services (for education, finance, governance,
and health)
• ICT policy, strategy and capacity development (ICT policy and
strategy, ICT road maps, regulations and laws, capacity building)
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Lessons We’ve Learned
• The primary focus of ICT initiatives must be on how to
support a country's development goals, not just aim at
"technology catch-up"
• ICT projects hinge on appropriate policy and regulatory
frameworks
• The design of ICT projects must adequately consider the
local context and ICT readiness and government capacity
for implementation and O&M
• ICT initiatives must introduce sustainability measures at
the early stages of a project by establishing government
ownership up front
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Indicative Strategic Directions
• Define and implement ICT strategies to
meet overall ICT for Development goals
• Foster e-learning and digital skills
• Engage in research and development
• Support ICT policy and regulatory
frameworks and reforms
• Support ICT-enabled services for
selected sectors and topics
• Tailor interventions across client
countries
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What ADB Needs to do
• Position ADB to play a greater role in promoting
ICT for Development
• Incorporate ICTD prominently in Strategy 2030
• Develop an appropriate institutional structure
• Nurture staff skills and institutional capacity
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Public Procurement Challenges
• Use of standards
• Translating ICT requirements into clear specifications
• Managing "backwards compatibility" and
procurement to fit legacy systems
• Migration to new ICT systems
• Use of brand names and proprietary specifications
• Obligations imposed on citizens
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Examples of ICT Opportunities
in TA Projects
• Implementing ICT Tools to Improve Data
Collection & Management of National Surveys in
Support of the SDGs
• E-Government for Effective Public Management in
Uzbekistan
• Applying Space-Based Technology
and ICT to Strengthen Disaster
Resilience
• Malaria & Dengue Risk Mapping
and Response Planning in the
GMS
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Examples of ICT Opportunities
in Loan Projects
• North Pacific Regional
Connectivity Investment
Project (Palau)
• Samoa Submarine Cable
Project
• Green Power Development &
Energy Efficiency
Improvement Investment
Program in Sri Lanka
• Pakistan Social Protection Development Project
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Upcoming ICT Events in ADB
• Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy, 24-25 May
Will focus on opportunities and challenges in digital finance,
and identify how MDBs can finance digital technology and
transformational projects.
• 3rd Digital Strategies for Development Summit, 8-10
June
Will present initiatives and opportunities for collaboration and
use of innovative and inclusive ICT solutions for development.
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Contact person:Bart W. Édes
ADB ICT for Development Team
Sustainable Development & Climate Change Department