FIGURE 6.2 Technology in Word Bank Human Capital–Related Ongoing and Pipeline Projects in South Asia: Deploy and Utilize and Empower Pillars US$, millions Deploy and utilize
Education ($800)
HNP ($600)
• Entrepreneurship ($150) • Digital skills, including TVET ($60)
SPL ($200)
Skills ($400)
Specialized knowledge ($1,200)
• R&D ($100) • Innovation ($190) • Higher education STEM ($220)
$60
~$100
$500
• Agricultural R&D ($50), innovation system ($30) • Digital innovation system ($20) • Indigenous nutrition/NRM innovation ($130) ~$200
• Medical R&D ($160), innovation ($70) • Infection control ($300)
$500 Empower Policies and institutions ($300)
• Institution for digital education policy learning ($20)
• Health emergency response capability ($20)
• Data governance ($110) • Home-based work policy ($50) • Integrated resilience ($50) ~$200
• Digital policy institution, policy skills ($60)
Source: World Bank study team. Note: Numbers in each column and each row do not necessarily add to their totals because some components can be classified in two categories. HNP = health, nutrition, and population; NRM = natural resource management; R&D = research and development; SPL = social protection and labor; STEM = science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; TVET = technical and vocational education and training.
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• Entrepreneurship ($50) • Firm technology capability ($70) • Digital skills ($30)
• Medical technology skills ($60)
$200
Other ($300)
