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Information and Technology Solutions Annual Report 2017: Working Together on Digital Innovation

Information and Technology Solutions Annual Report 2017: Working Together on Digital Innovation

Open Archives Campus created to open the WBG Archives to the world. ePerformance system launched to support the entire performance management process. myTravel Portal launched as the destination for all travel-related services and information for WBG staff. ezConnect launched as WBG remote access solution to enable staff to access WBG systems from anywhere. Table of contents Retrospective on the FY15-17 Strategy Client Satisfaction with IT Client Satisfaction survey ITS by the Numbers Before and After the ITS FY15-17 Strategy Modern Operations Information, Knowledge, and Learning Modern HR Core Financial and Strategic Budget Systems End User and Work Experience Modern Foundational…

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IFC annual report 2017 : creating markets
Enabling the Digital Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Role for Policy Reforms?

Enabling the Digital Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Role for Policy Reforms?

I am glad to introduce the third edition of a series of reports aimed at discussing macroeconomic developments in the Central African Republic, Chad, Guinea, Mali, and Niger. This series intends to foster public debates on key macroeconomic and fiscal policy options in support of poverty reduction. It disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. One of the objectives of the series is to appraise regional trends and analysis quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. In short, this new series is a novel vehicle for the Bank…

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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2017

The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2017

Research has shown that investment in information and communication technologies is associated with such economic benefits as higher productivity, lower costs, new economic opportunities, job creation, innovation, and increased trade. ICTs also help provide better services in health and education, and strengthen social cohesion. The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2017 illustrates the progress of this revolution for 217 economies around the world . It provides comparable statistics on the sector for 2005 and 2015 across a range of indicators, enabling readers to readily compare economies. This book includes indicators covering the economic and social context, the…

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World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law

World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law

Leaders, policy makers, and development professionals often worry that wellintentioned policies designed to improve the lives of their communities will fail to deliver results. The global development community needs to move beyond asking “What is the right policy?” and instead ask “What makes policies work to produce life-improving outcomes?” The answer put forward in this year’s World Development Report is better governance that is, the ways in which governments, citizens, and communities engage to design and apply policies. This Report is being launched at a time when global growth and productivity are continuing to slow, limiting the resources available to…

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Estudio de caso: El ecosistema digital y la masificación de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC) en Panamá

Estudio de caso: El ecosistema digital y la masificación de las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC) en Panamá

La Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones, a través de la Oficina de Desarrollo de las Telecomunicaciones (BDT), ha realizado estudios de caso en diferentes países con el propósito de generar insumos y recomendaciones a los respectivos Gobiernos para la promoción del ecosistema digital y las masificación de las TIC en los mismos, a partir de mejores prácticas, tendencias y experiencias internacionales, siendo el presente estudio de caso el cuarto que se desarrolla en la región luego de los efectuados anteriormente para República Dominicana, Paraguay y Bolivia. Table of contents Prólogo 1 Introducción 2 Metodología 3 La importancia de la masificación de…

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Estudio de caso: El ecosistema digital y la masificación de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia

Estudio de caso: El ecosistema digital y la masificación de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia

Es un placer para m presentar el Estudio de Caso: El Ecosistema digital y la masificaci n de las Tecnolog as de la Informaci n y la Comunicaci n (TIC) en el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (Bolivia). Este Estudio, elaborado por la Oficina de Desarrollo de las Telecomunicaciones de la UIT (BDT) en colaboraci n con la Autoridad de Regulaci n y Fiscalizaci n de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes (ATT), tiene como principal objetivo proveer al pa s con un panorama general sobre el sector de las Tecnolog as de la Informaci n y la Comunicaci n (TIC) y proponer recomendaciones…

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Quality of service regulation manual

Quality of service regulation manual

I am pleased to present the Manual on Quality of Service (QoS) Regulation pub- lished to serve as a reference and guiding tool for regulators and policy makers in dealing with QoS and Quality of Experience (QoE) matters in the ICT sector. Regulation and management of QoS are increasingly important and complex in today s highly competitive, challenging and globalized digital environ- ment. Ensuring fairness and high quality user experience requires effective regulatory frameworks. The profusion of ever-evolving technologies, net- works, services and devices with different QoS capabilities further adds to the complexity of regulation in this area. Quality can…

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Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2015

Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2015

The World Bank Group considerably advanced its gender agenda over the past 15 years. The first gender strategy (introduced in 2001 and supported by Bank policy OP/BP 4.20) recognized the importance of addressing gender to reduce poverty, and mandated that gender be mainstreamed in all country strategies and throughout the World Bank lending portfolio. At first, the consideration of gender issues was primarily limited to the human development field (education and health in particular). The Gender Action Plan (World Bank 2006) later expanded the focus to traditionally neglected sectors, such as infrastructure, agriculture, private sector development, and labor markets. The…

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Public Access to Information for Development: A Guide to the Effective Implementation of Right to Information Laws

Public Access to Information for Development: A Guide to the Effective Implementation of Right to Information Laws

Openness, accountability, and transparency seem to be on everyone s lips today. Thanks to national democratization movements, the Open Government Partnership with 69 member countries, international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank, and the leadership and encouragement of civil society organizations, we hear loudly and clearly that transparency is a key to holding governments accountable. Further, we understand that transpar- ency depends on the critical element of access: the right of a country s people to access information created and maintained by their government and governmen- tal institutions. Having a freedom of information law increasingly referred…

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