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Pipeline Projects in South Asia: Build and Protect Pillar

FIGURE 6.1 Technology in World Bank Human Capital–Related Ongoing and Pipeline Projects in South Asia: Build and Protect Pillar

US$, millions

Education ($1,500) HNP ($1,700) SPL ($1,100) Other ($1,000)

Build and protect Systemic transformation ($500)

Technology for government administration ($1,200)

Technology for frontline service delivery ($2,100) • Higher education and TVET labs, ICT, e-library, NREN ($330) • Digital teaching ($130) • School administration ($100) • ICT for schools ($50)

• Center-state, public-private teaching-learning ecosystem ($100)

• Education MIS ($250)

$250

• E-health public-private ecosystem platform ($300)

• Health MIS, electronic medical records ($130) • Nutrition MIS ($100) • E-procurement ($100) • E-budget/expense ($30)

$350

• Disease surveillance system, labs, tests ($500) • Medical supply chain ($100) • Hospital administration ($100) • Dynamic targeting with multiservice, multilevel integration ($100)

• Social registry for administration ($380) • Labor market MIS and job matching ($50)

$400

• Social registry for inclusion ($250) • Road safety ITS ($100)

$100

• Food storage and distribution ($300) • Agri-extension, agtech centers and markets ($150) • Community WASH ($70)

Technology for bene ciaries ($1,000) • Digital learning materials ($270) • Distance learning, including broadcast media ($260)

$600

$500 $700

• Health communication, including COVID-19 ($150) • Grievance redress ($80) • Nutrition learning ($30) • Telemedicine ($20)

$300 $250

• Grievance redress ($60) • Teleconsultation for disabled and elderly ($20)

~$100

• Household WASH ($130) • Home food storage ($10) • Participatory nutrition planning ($10)

$500

~$100

Building blocks ($500) • Digital payment for services and wages ($300) • Digital identi cation ($3) • Digital government platform ($100) • Cybersecurity ($40)

Source: World Bank study team. Note: The numbers in each column and each row do not necessarily add to their totals because some components can be classified in two categories. Agtech = agricultural technology; HNP = health, nutrition, and population; ICT = information and communications technology; ITs = intelligent transportation system; MIs = management information system; NREN = national research and education network; sPL = social protection and labor; TVET = technical and vocational education and training; WAsH = water, sanitation, and hygiene.