horizon, this buy-in will be critical,
practices, capacity and attention to
and will ease implementation.
those traditionally underserved parts
Diversified knowledge and
Longer-reaching networks and
source of information and support,
multiple perspectives
leveraging diverse experience
the combined result will be greater
The nature and number of partners
Beyond the benefit of diversified
than the sum of its parts.
involved in strategically developed
knowledge, complex coalitions
coalitions can provide multiple
will also increase the scope of the
Connecting through ICT
perspectives and areas of expertise
collective network of relationships,
These complex coalitions will be
that makes issues easier to spot.
giving members access to a greater
enabled and made more effective
A broad base of knowledge and
wealth of experience and information,
through developments in the way that
experience will enable organizations
and in many instances blurring the
people, governments and business
of the world. Due to this expanded
to identify and prepare for risks
very lines that divide the sectors.
use information and communication
and challenges before they have
For example, as it develops new
technology to connect. ICT will
an impact. The experiences and
technologies and ideas, academia
continue to increase the speed and
capabilities of increasingly diverse
will collaborate more with business
scale of information exchange and
networks will also permit more
at earlier stages to integrate and
will play a significant part in efficiency
informed planning, which will
mainstream these ideas. NGOs will
improvements, e.g., the greenhouse
increase the likelihood of buy-in
continue to serve as the challengers
gas emission reductions described
from a broad base of constituents.
of regulators and business, and as a
earlier (see figure 4.2).
Given the degree of change on the
conduit to collect and spread best
Figure 4.10: Building complex coalitions for social and economic development
Connecting people to people: Vast opportunity lies both in the unmet demand for basic communications infrastructure, as
Traditional development (supply-side bias)
well as in innovative new platforms
New partnership paradigm
for improved quality of interaction. Regardless of the particular
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
High
enabling technology, on a societal
Complex coalition structures
level, the increased interaction across borders and cultures will speed the dissemination of ideas and opportunity. It will also help increase affordable access to services
Social Development
to underserved markets. Mobile communication technologies and access to faster, more reliable and convenient forms of Internet access
Private sector
Low
will continue to drive innovation in business models and economic development in the emerging
Market-based approach (demand-side bias)
and developing world. An extra 10 mobile phones per 100 people
Low
Economic Development
High
in a typical developing country,
Source: Accenture, Development Collaboration, None of our Business? 2009
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likely to deliver both economic and social improvements (see figure 4.10).