The COVID-19 pandemic presented countries with unprecedented challenges this year, spurring widespread shutdowns, school and business closures, and job losses. Countries are facing an unprecedented economic downturn. Digital technologies have become a critical lifeline for people coping with social distancing. Digital Development Partnership (DDP) remained a key vehicle to deliver assistance and help countries respond quickly to the pandemic. In the midst of the crisis, DDP was able to use the program levers to channel support to where it is needed most and escalate solutions for the most vulnerable. The partnership continued to draw on experience and knowledge across sectors and regions to provide policy advice to our client countries and facilitate exchange of ideas and best practices. Throughout the past year, DDP continued to build strong partnerships with both public and private sectors. In March, Google joined DDP, bringing the number of private sector partners to three (GSMA and Microsoft were founding partners) and the total number of partners to 12. DDP's footprint in International Development Association (IDA) countries - as well as countries affected by fragile, conflict, and violence (FCV) - continued to expand. The teams are currently working with 50 plus client countries, most of which are in Africa - an expansion from around 25 active client relationships two years ago. The authors are also actively growing our portfolio in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia regions.
Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/07/15
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Digital Development Partnership Annual Review 2020 : Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis
- Pages
- 70
- Product Line
- Global Programs and Partnerships
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- 1W-Digital Development Partnership (Ddp)-1467541 -- P159980
- Series Name
- DDP Annual Review;
- TF No/Name
- TF0A4455-DDP Program Management
- Unit Owning
- Director Digital Transformation (DDTDR)
- Version Type
- Final
- Volume No
- 1
Table of Contents
- TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
- 100 2
- 102 2
- MESSAGE FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT 3
- MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR 4
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5
- ABOUT DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP 7
- OUR PARTNERS 8
- OUR JOURNEY 10
- FACTS AND FIGURES 11
- 80M 14
- 200M 14
- 180M 14
- 200M 14
- 350M 14
- 250M 14
- 100M 14
- 51M 14
- 50M 101M 50M 14
- 1.2B 14
- 500M 14
- 36.324M 14
- 500M 14
- KEY RESULTS 15
- WHERE WE WORK 17
- Morocco 18
- Sierra Leone 18
- Rwanda 18
- Comoros 18
- Ethiopia 18
- Kenya 18
- South Africa 18
- Peru 18
- Cambodia 18
- Timor-Leste 18
- Philippines 18
- Pakistan 18
- Kazakhstan 18
- Uzbekistan 18
- FEATURE STORY 19
- OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 22
- Bridging the Gender Divide through Inclusive Digital Development 23
- Leveraging Data for Development 24
- Harnessing Artifi cial Intelligence for Development 24
- Doing Business Digitally 26
- Fragility Confl ict and Violence as a Context for the Development of Digital Economies 26
- Poverty and Welfare Benefi ts of Digitization 27
- Digital Regulation Handbook and Online Platform 29
- Digital Economy in South Asia 31
- Digital Economy in South Africa 31
- Digital Economy in Nigeria 32
- Digital Economy in Côte dIvoire 33
- Digital Economy in Egypt 33
- Cyber Security Capacity Building in Africa 35
- Cyber Security Capacity Building in Asia 35
- Action Plan for Doubling Broadband Connectivity 36
- 5G Flagship Activity 5G as an Opportunity to Leapfrog Development 38
- Ethiopia Telecom Sector Reform 38
- Innovative Business Models for Expanding Fiber-Optic Networks and Closing the Access Gaps 39
- Digital Government Readiness Assessment 40
- Transport Autonomous Aerial Systems in Tanzania 42
- Agriculture. Whats Cooking Digital Transformation of the AgriFood System 45
- Education Digital Skills Capacity Building in Africa 48
- Education Data-driven Digital Skills Development Strategies in Southeast Asia 49
- THE WORLD BANKS TRUST FUND REFORM 50
- LOOKING AHEAD OUR PRIORITIES FOR 2020-2021 51
- ANNEX 1 MAIN DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS ANNEX 2 PORTFOLIO STATUS 52
- ANNEX 3 PORTFOLIO DESCRIPTION 56
- ANNEX 4 LENDING LEVERAGE 66
- ANNEX 5 FINANCIAL REPORT 68
- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS 69
