Publication: ICT as an Enabler of Transformation in Ethiopia
Date
2014-01
ISSN
Published
2014-01
Author(s)
Lixi, Marc
Dahan, Mariana
Abstract
Over the last two decades, Ethiopia
has achieved remarkable progress toward social and economic
indicators. Analytical evidence shows that development
projects with a significant information and communication
technology (ICT) component have a higher potential to
achieve greater outcomes on the ground than the ones not
supported by ICT. This is why the Government of Ethiopia
sees ICT within the broader context of its socioeconomic
development objectives and believes that it should take
advantage of today's most innovative and reliable
technologies to accelerate the rate of economic growth and
alleviate poverty in the country. The Government of Ethiopia
has requested the ICT sector unit of the World Bank to
prepare a comprehensive report on how ICT can be used to
achieve a true transformation of the Ethiopian economy and
society. Therefore, this report explores how ICT can be
leveraged to foster the development of an ICT-enabled
industry and the private sector in general, to enhance
public sector performance, to develop the agriculture and
health sectors, and finally how all these efforts can lead
to the emergence of an open innovation ecosystem. This
report takes stock of current and recently-launched ICT
initiatives in Ethiopia and develops sector-specific
recommendations based on international best practices that
help leverage the transformative power of ICT to improve the
social and economic well-being of citizens and achieve rapid
and sustainable socioeconomic development. The report
explores following topics: background in chapter one,
presents fostering the development of ICT-enabled industry
and the private sector in chapter two. Chapter three deals
with enhancing the performance of the public sector. Chapter
four is developing the health sector. Chapter five deals
with agricultural and rural development. Chapter six helps
in creating an open innovation ecosystem; and chapter seven
presents recommendations for ICT-enabled transformation in Ethiopia.
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Citation
“Lixi, Marc; Dahan, Mariana. 2014. ICT as an Enabler of Transformation in Ethiopia. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20076 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”