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AN OPEN LETTER ON IDA21
Over the past year, we have navigated an incredibly challenging global
landscape—one marked by economic uncertainty, rising debt levels, climate
shocks, and an ever-pressing need for human development. Yet, amid these
challenges, something remarkable has unfolded: a collective effort, driven by
the shared belief that we can do better, that we must do better, for the world’s
most vulnerable.
We are proud to announce the results of that effort. After months of
negotiation, partnership, and unwavering commitment from our donor community,
the 21st replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA) has
raised $24 billion in donor contributions.
Thanks to IDA’s unique leveraging model, this $24 billion will generate a total
of $100 billion in affordable financing—the largest replenishment in IDA’s
history. This is made possible because of donor generosity but also the work we
have done to better optimize our balance sheet, take on more risk, and increase
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TRANSFORMING AFRICA: WORLD BANK AND THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK UNITE FOR
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* Momar Kouta
* Ravi Kumar
August 26, 2024
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“One of the reasons we do not share data in machine readable format is because
we worry that someone will manipulate it,” explained one official at a regional
workshop on “Building Open Data Ecosystems” in Nairobi, Kenya, a few months ago.
This sentiment was echoed by many of the 22 officials from 10 African countries
who participated in the workshop jointly organized by the African Development
Bank (AfDB), the World Bank Group Academy’s Development Data Program, and Open
Institute Africa, a civil society organization based in Kenya in December 2023.
By the end of the week-long program, a shift in perspective had unfolded. The
officials, initially cautious, emerged with a newfound enthusiasm for the
potential of open data to help enable more targeted and effective use of scarce
development resources.
FIGURE 1. MAP OF OVERALL SPI (STATISTICAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS) SCORES FOR 186
COUNTRIES
Governments around the world have taken important steps toward making public
data more accessible and comprehensive in the last decade or so. Despite these
efforts, the 2022 Statistical Performance Indicators reveal that most African
countries still face significant challenges in closing data gaps and improving
data discoverability and usability.
Meanwhile, the technology landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, making
the data governance agenda even more complex. Artificial Intelligence (AI),
including Large Language Models (LLMs), is expanding the frontier of what data
can achieve in the realm of development. But to harness the full potential of
AI, countries must go beyond the long-standing goal of making data
machine-readable. Now they should also ensure that data is
machine-understandable, a point underscored by Jim Tebrake, Deputy Director of
the Statistics Department at the International Monetary Fund, during the recent
Data and AI for Sustainable Development Conference (“Data for AI”). Moreover, AI
is not merely a new “user” of data – it also offers new ways to improve the
quality, comprehensiveness, and accessibility of data, and do it more
efficiently (“AI for Data”).
Considering all of this, the AfDB's Data Innovation Lab and the World Bank Group
Data Academy have formed a strategic partnership aimed at offering sustained
support to African countries in strengthening data governance, data management,
and data dissemination via concerted upskilling programs. Additionally, the
partnership is committed to developing the technical expertise of researchers,
academics, civil servants (such as the staff of National Statistical Offices),
and other stakeholders across the data lifecycle, while also increasing the
adoption of new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) to fully
exploit the potential of alternative data sources, and thereby accelerating
data-driven development and innovation.
“Through our collaboration with the AfDB’s Data Innovation Lab, we hope to
empower governments across Africa to unlock the promise of better data for
better lives in the age of artificial intelligence,” said Haishan Fu, World Bank
Chief Statistician and Director of Development Data Group.
The Data Innovation Lab, a flagship initiative of the AfDB, helps African
countries leverage data through capacity building, partnerships, data
production, and the use of algorithms to improve government decision making.
Under the guidance of the World Bank Chief Statistician, the World Bank Group
Academy’s Development Data Program works to build capacity for data-driven
analysis and decision making among government agencies, researchers, and think
tanks by leveraging the World Bank’s vast repository of data and expertise.
“Digitalization is a critical next step for Africa’s economies to further
embrace as both a major driver of and beneficiary of data innovation. Through
our collaborative efforts with the World Bank, we envision a future in Africa
where each nation, institution, and community are empowered by accurate and
reliable information, building a strong foundation for progress,” said Dr.
Samson Omotosho Babatunde, Director of the AfDB’s Statistics Department.
Since December 2023, the AfDB’s Data Innovation Lab and the WBG Data Academy
have collaborated with officials from African countries through several joint
engagements. Beyond the workshop in Kenya, these so far include:
1) Adaptation and implementation of a data diagnostic toolkit as a follow-up to
a Nairobi workshop to strengthen data governance in Mozambique;
2) a regional workshop aimed at enhancing the data-driven decision-making skills
of 40 technical staff from National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and Ministry of
Health (MoH)/health agencies across 13 countries; and
3) an Innovate Africa Symposium, planned for October 2024, with the goal of
engaging policymakers to strengthen data governance in the region.
These collaborative activities are aligned with and support the shared
aspirations of multilateral development banks for closer cooperation.
As observed in the Nairobi workshop, not everyone is convinced that the benefits
of greater data availability always outweigh the perceived risks. It is true
that as technology continues to advance, countries need robust safeguards and
measures to mitigate potential harms, such as those related to data privacy or
the spread of misinformation. If development stakeholders can come together to
design thoughtful approaches to these thorny issues, the gains from greater
access to and use of data could be immense. The collaboration between the AfDB's
Data Innovation Lab and the World Bank Group Data Academy is meant to inspire
and support such policy discussions.
Participants at the “Building Open Data Ecosystems” workshop in Nairobi, Dec.
2023. Photo: Open Institute Africa
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