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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



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and yet.

the potential benefits are much more than the

speed and cost efficiencies from digitizing existing

processes



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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

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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?

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