Digital Development

To harness telecom data for good, there are six challenges to overcome

The global use of mobile phones generates a vast amount of data, which can be used effectively and responsibly for development work and emergency response.

Anat Lewin, Sveta Milusheva|
Digital Development, Governance

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for March 1–15

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group that were published in the World Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper Series. This entry…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Gender, Digital Development, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Health

Teachers and technology—together—improve student learning

Adaptive technology is a powerful weapon in education systems' fight against educational poverty. Teachers and students from the Dominican Republic share their experiences of implementing a…

Sophia D' Angelo, Juan Baron, Paola Patricia Polanco Santos|
Digital Development, Education

How digital public infrastructure supports empowerment, inclusion, and resilience

Digital public infrastructure can enable essential society-wide functions and services such as identification, payments, and data exchange.

Vyjayanti T Desai, Jonathan Marskell, Georgina Marin, Minita Varghese|
Digital Development, Financial Inclusion, Governance, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships

The promise and limitations of information technology for tax mobilization

As digital technologies continue to gain momentum in lower-income countries, tax authorities are increasingly adopting technology solutions to improve their core functions and to collect revenue…

Oyebola Okunogbe, Fabrizio Santoro, Celeste Scarpini|
Digital Development
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