Informatics and Social Action Funds in SubSaharan Africa

Pidatala, Krishna ; Raheem, Ghazali

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: INFORMATION ANALYSIS;    SOCIAL FUNDS;    PROJECT DESIGN;    PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION;    INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;   

RP-ID  :  22103

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The note outlines the impact of three ofthe largest Bank-assisted social action funds in Sub-SaharanAfrica, and the role the informatics component of each ofthese funds (Ethiopia, Malawi, and Zambia), played in thedynamics of project implementation. Lessons highlight thesignificance of informatics as a development tool,particularly in the design, and implementation of socialfunds. However, due to the diverse geographical nature ofthese social action funds, technical expertise was spreadtoo thin at the regional levels, contributing to ineffectiveresults in information technology, consequently withincreased costs in time, and resources.