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The World Bank
Information TechnologyInformation Technology
andand
Aid DeliveryAid Delivery
An Opportunity To Work TogetherAn Opportunity To Work Together
Joint OECDJoint OECD--DAC/World Bank WorkshopDAC/World Bank Workshop
ParisParis
November 2November 2 -- 3, 20003, 2000
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Introduction
What is aid delivery?
The process by which donors provide resources--
money and knowledge--to client countries and
groups
How can IT help?
Knowledge and money are ideal for managementand delivery by IT
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Aid Delivery - An Overview
Project
preparation
and approval
Commitment
(Procurement)Disbursement Reporting
can be generally described as
project-based
largely driven by donor requirements
linear
costly to administer, and
slow to embrace IT
The resource transfer process.
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Project
preparation
and approval
Commitment
(Procurement)Disbursement Reporting
The resource transfer process.
on-line access
to donor project/
technical
documentation
on-line access
by borrowers to
borrower info.
systems
on-line bidding
information and
access to bid
documentation
secure on-line
communications
with donors on
procurement
support e-
procurement
on-line
processing of
loan withdrawals
on-line accessto loan and grant
a/c information
borrowers may
execute certain
transactions on-
line
fin. & progress
reports to donors
greater public
access to reportson projects
query facility for
donors
help tracking &
follow-up
Aid Delivery - how IT can help
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Knowledge
on-line access by borrowers and development
partners to project reports, CASs, analytical
and advisory work (ESW)
greater public access to the vast amounts of
development research, databases, and other
reports held by the Bank and partners
greater exchange of knowledge between
developing countries
Aid Delivery - how IT can help
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and yet.
the potential benefits are much more than the
speed and cost efficiencies from digitizing existing
processes
Aid Delivery - how IT can help
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IT can transform aid delivery, by
Enhancing ownershipownership of aid programs by
recipients
Improving the transparency of aidtransparency of aid to all
stakeholders
Supporting shift from
linear
bilateral
donor-driven
separate
products
iterative, integrated
network, open
country-led
integrated
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Accelerating the modernization of aidmodernization of aid
delivery infrastructuredelivery infrastructure
Becoming a driver forharmonizationharmonization of
donors policies and processes and thushelping to build better donorpartnershipspartnerships
Building capacitycapacity and contributing to a
reduction of the digital dividereduction of the digital divide
IT can transform aid delivery, by
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Legal, policy, systems, skills, budget
More fundamentally, can a consensus be
created on how aid delivery infrastructure
needs to evolve to support latest thinking onaid effectiveness and the changed mandates
of donors?
Challenges
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quickly and ambitiously
responsive to country needs (ownership, aid
effectiveness, reduced transaction costs)--not
a systems problem
with our development partners
using an open technology platform
integrated with other IT initiatives supported by
the donor community
How would we like to move forward?