Digital Development

Mapping Dar es Salaam’s trees through artificial intelligence

Using the latest machine learning technology, Tanzania’s Resilience Academy participants helped build a comprehensive map of the city’s trees.

Nick Jones, Vivien Deparday, Nuala Margaret Cowan|
Digital Development, Disaster Risk Management, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

How to bridge the gap in Indonesia's inequality in internet access

The World Bank's report identifies several steps that could help bridge the digital divide.

Imam Setiawan, Utz Pape, Natasha Beschorner|
Digital Development, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships

Mission Billion solicits innovative solutions to empower the world’s invisible billion

The World Bank Group’s Identification for Development (ID4D) Initiative, a program that helps countries realize the transformational potential of digital identification, launched the Mission…

Seth Ayers, Faher Elfayez|
Digital Development, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships

De-risking digital investments to support cyber resilient development

Developing countries must build cybersecurity de-risking mechanisms to identify and mitigate the cybersecurity/technology-related risks in their digital development projects.

Francesca Spidalieri, Melissa Hathaway|
Digital Development, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Using remote surveying methods to collect data during challenging times

This blog examines the effectiveness of collecting data on sensitive topics and in hard-to-reach settings through two remote survey methods.

Sofia Amaral, Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, Patricio Dominguez, Steffanny Romero|
Digital Development, Education, Social Protection
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