ADB and e-governance. Seethapathy Chander Director General Regional and Sustainable Development Department Asian Development Bank

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1 ADB and e-governance Seethapathy Chander Director General Regional and Sustainable Development Department Asian Development Bank

2 Presentation topics Introduction to ADB Overview of ADB s ICT projects ADB and e-governance

3 ADB - Introduction Established in Member Countries (48 from the region) 2,800 employees ( ~ 1,000 professionals) Headquarters in Manila, Philippines. Resident Missions in 26+ countries, Regional Offices (USA, Japan, Germany) Multilateral Development Bank Provides sovereign, nonsovereign loans, and grants to member countries for development projects

4 ADB Strategy 2020 Vision : Asia and the Pacific free of poverty - Inclusive economic growth - Environmentally sustainable growth - Regional Integration

5 ADB - Strategy Core Operational Areas: - Infrastructure - Environment - Regional Cooperation and Integration - Finance Sector - Education

6 ADB - Strategy 2020 Drivers of Changes - Private sector development and private sector operations - Good governance and capacity development - Gender equity - Knowledge solutions - Partnership

7 e-governance is about change ICT use in government (e-governance) brings significant changes on governance and public sector management 6

8 ADB s ICT sector ICT as both a sector and as an enabler Historically, ICT is not classified as a separate sector but under Transport and ICT Most ADB ICT projects are under other sectors as a ICT component ADB Sector Classification 1 Agriculture and natural resource 2 Education 3 Energy 4 Finance 5 Health and social protector 6 Industry and trade 7 Water supply and other municipal infrastructure and service 8 Public sector management 9 Transport and ICT 10 Multi-sector

9 Trends in time ADB has been increasing investment on ICT both in number of projects and amount of investment A sharp increase in 2009 continued to

10 ADB e-governance ADB e-governance Project: Projects under public sector management (PSM) including ICT components From 2000 to 2011, 68 e-governenance projects (PSM projects with ICT components) 79% e-gov projects: Technical Assistance (TA) and Grants 9

11 ADB e-gov Projects Geographic portfolio in e-gov projects REG VIE IND INO PAK KGZ PHI SRI BHU TAJ AFG CAM LAO NEP ARM BAN PNG PRC THA TKM UZB Source: ADB project documents approved in

12 ADB e-gov Projects e-gov applications portfolio Public finance management Economic management Tax and revenue administration Local government administration Organizational ICT capacity-building Procurement Judiciary administration Environmental protection Public-Private Partnership Human resource management Regional cooperation Payment system Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Disaster risk reduction Business registry Source: ADB project documents approved in

13 Survey on e-governance ADB internal Survey on e-governance in April 2012

14 Survey on e-governance Motivations of DMCs e-gov initiatives Source: ADB staff survey results on e-gov in

15 Survey on e-governance Major factors for successful e-gov projects Source: ADB staff survey results on e-gov in

16 Survey on e-governance Major obstacles for e-gov projects Source: ADB staff survey results on e-gov in

17 Survey on e-governance E-Gov focus areas that ADB should support Source: ADB staff survey results on e-gov in

18 Conclusion Current trends show the growing recognition and investment in e-governance However, development organizations paid limited attention to e-governance compared to other areas Based on expanding ICT infrastructure, e- Governance should be re-evaluated as an effective tool and an enabling environment for better service and good governance. 17

19 Thank you Q/A 18