Consultations reveal challenges in long-term DPG sustainability due to funding gaps and community coordination issues, necessitating holistic support models.
Defines governance best practices for Digital Public Goods (DPGs) to ensure public value, legitimacy, and operational capacity.
Examines funding models for Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and recommends unified mechanisms, self-sustaining models, and open marketplaces.
Analyzes public engagement with the Federal Source Code Policy Pilot, finding limited overall impact but identifying key factors for successful projects.
Details ONDC's evolution, architecture, governance, and sustainability, offering a framework and learnings for building similar open digital commerce networks.
Examines global DPI governance, proposing a framework based on inclusion, privacy, collaboration, and accountability principles.
Brazil's PIX instant payment system: its rapid adoption, design choices, impact on financial inclusion, and key implementation lessons.
Cambodia's Verify.gov.kh uses DPI to make digital documents legally valid, simplifying public services and enabling cross-border use.
Highlights from Global DPI Summit 2024 on Digital Public Infrastructure's role in development, emphasizing reuse, collaboration, and peer learning.
Indonesia's Dukcapil discusses challenges and approach to building digital ID (IKD) for inclusivity, security, and efficiency.
Kyrgyzstan's Minister of Digital Development and the co-founder of Kyrgyz Internet Society discuss their DPI journey, key initiatives, and lessons learned.
Mozambique improves malaria campaign efficiency using Salama, a Digital Public Infrastructure built on eGov Foundation's DIGIT platform.
Premier Owoh discusses Nigeria's journey in building its digital payment infrastructure, highlighting key components like NIP, BVN, and future directions.
Overview of the Philippines' PhilSys national ID system, built on MOSIP, enhancing service delivery and financial inclusion.
Singapore's IMDA explains its 'Digital Utilities' approach to DPI, emphasizing execution, standards, PPPs, and cross-border interoperability.
Overview of South Korea's three-platform data ecosystem model supporting Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and AI development.
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Technology discusses the National Data Exchange (NDX) initiative to overcome data silos and improve citizen services using DPI.
Overview of Tanzania's three-layered Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) stack, focusing on its community-centric 'Jamii' components and implementation.
Uruguay's interoperability platform (PDI) enables efficient, secure data sharing between government agencies, streamlining services for citizens.
Ville Sirvio discusses X-Road, a secure data exchange layer enabling DPI ecosystems, its history, benefits, challenges, and deployment model.
Zambia's journey implementing Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), focusing on eKYC for drought relief and healthcare service delivery.
Overview of the draft IDA21 policy framework focusing on impact, flexibility, 5 Focus Areas/4 Lenses, and alignment with WBG Evolution.
Explores enhancing citizen participation in DPI through a multistakeholder dialogue, highlighting roles of MDBs, government, CSOs, and the private sector.
Panel discusses the spectrum of research needed to measure DPI impact, emphasizing collaboration, inclusion, and evidence-informed policy.
Pramod Varma outlines the evolution of DPI beyond foundational blocks, advocating for user-centric, protocol-based universal infrastructure to unlock future value.
Explores the necessity and spectrum of research for evaluating Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) impact, focusing on inclusion and evidence generation.
Debunks myths showing social protection systems can effectively deliver aid in crises, often faster and cheaper than parallel humanitarian channels.
A World Bank Group framework for understanding and implementing Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
Open source refers to software or other works whose design is publicly accessible, allowing anyone to use, study, change, and distribute it.
A case study of Nigeria's NIBSS Instant Payment (NIP) system, launched in 2012.
A compendium showcasing DPI success stories globally and mapping their potential to accelerate the SDGs.
This study evaluates the impact of Brazil's Bolsa Família Programme on reducing child mortality in the semiarid region.
Examines how social assistance data can improve shock preparedness and response.
Presents a conceptual framework linking cash transfers (CTs) to social determinants of health (SDoH).
This paper explores the benefits, building blocks, and critical design choices for digital social protection information systems.
This brief provides practical guidance on data governance in health for World Bank staff and organizations.
Digitization improves service delivery and financial inclusion in Nepal.
This paper explores the interoperability of CRVS systems to improve social protection delivery.
Examines data sharing between Pacific CRVS, health, and statistics systems.
Guidance on integrating social protection and humanitarian information systems.
A practical resource for countries to build rights-based and inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI).
Nandan Nilekani's keynote at the Arkam Annual Meet 2025 outlines strategies for India to achieve an $8 trillion economy by 2035.
A quantitative analysis of DPI's potential impact across finance, climate and justice.
A guide for classifying content on socialprotection.org according to its taxonomy.
A systematic review of digital agriculture ecosystems for smallholder farmers, identifying challenges, usage, and benefits.
This brief provides an overview of UHC as a key pillar of social protection.
Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) integrates social protection, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation to reduce vulnerability to various shocks.
Big data refers to extremely large and complex datasets that are difficult to process using traditional data management techniques.
Agricultural extension is the process of providing advisory services to farmers to improve agricultural productivity, livelihoods, and sustainability.
Biometrics refers to the automated recognition of individuals based on their unique biological and behavioral traits.
Agricultural development encompasses strategies to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability, enhancing food security and livelihoods, particularly in developing countries.
Capacity building is the process of strengthening the abilities of individuals, organizations, and systems to perform core functions, solve problems, and achieve objectives sustainably.
Agricultural policy encompasses the laws, regulations, and actions governments undertake to influence agricultural production, distribution, and markets.
Agroecology is a holistic, integrated approach to agriculture that applies ecological principles to farming systems, seeking sustainability and resilience.
Cash assistance is the provision of money, unconditionally or conditionally, to individuals or households to cover their basic needs.
Cash transfers are direct payments of money to individuals or households, typically the poor and vulnerable, with no requirement to provide goods or services in return.
Child poverty refers to the state of deprivation experienced by children, encompassing a lack of essential resources and opportunities necessary for their well-being and development.
Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, primarily caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels.
Climate change adaptation refers to adjustments in ecological, social, or economic systems in response to actual or expected climatic effects and their impacts.
Climate finance refers to local, national, or transnational financing—drawn from public, private, and alternative sources of funding—that seeks to support mitigation and adaptation actions addressing climate change.
Climate change mitigation refers to efforts to reduce or prevent the emission of greenhouse gases, aiming to limit the magnitude and speed of global warming.
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are targeted social welfare programs that provide cash payments to individuals or households upon meeting specific conditions.
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an approach that helps to guide actions needed to transform and reorient agricultural systems to effectively support development and ensure food security in a changing climate.
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting computer systems, networks, and digital data from unauthorized access, damage, or theft through digital channels.
Approaches and interventions that address climate change while preserving natural resources and ecological systems for current and future generations.
Approaches, techniques, and tools for collecting, processing, analyzing, and interpreting data to generate insights and inform decision-making.
Data governance is the establishment of policies and processes to ensure the quality, integrity, security, and usability of data within an organization or ecosystem.
Data-driven decision-making (DDDM) is the process of using data to inform and validate organizational decisions.
Data analytics is the process of examining raw data to draw conclusions about that information, often with the aid of specialized systems and software.
Data interoperability is the ability of different information systems, devices, and applications to access, exchange, integrate, and cooperatively use data in a coordinated manner.
Data science is an interdisciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to extract knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data.
Data privacy is the appropriate use of data, encompassing consent, notice, and regulatory obligations.
Core ethical frameworks, values, and normative guidelines that shape the goals and approaches of sustainable development efforts.
Data security refers to the protective measures taken to ensure the privacy, integrity, and availability of data, preventing unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
Digital agriculture leverages digital technologies to improve agricultural productivity, efficiency, and sustainability.
Digital development leverages digital technologies to address development challenges and improve the lives of people in low- and middle-income countries.
Digital governance encompasses the policies, processes, and standards that guide the use of digital technologies and data to achieve organizational and societal goals.
Digital identity is the electronic representation of an individual, organization, or thing used to verify their attributes and manage access to digital services.
Digital inclusion ensures everyone can access and use digital technologies, regardless of background or location, to improve their lives.
Digital literacy encompasses the skills to effectively and responsibly use technology to access, evaluate, create, and communicate information.
Foundational digital systems that enable inclusive, secure and interoperable access to essential services at population scale.
Digital payments involve the transfer of funds electronically, offering an alternative to traditional cash or check transactions.
Open-source solutions, data, AI models, standards and content that contribute to sustainable development and are freely accessible to everyone.
Digital transformation is the integration of digital technology into all areas of a business, fundamentally changing how it operates and delivers value to customers.
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) is the direct transfer of cash or in-kind benefits from a government or organization to eligible recipients, typically vulnerable populations.
Environmental policy encompasses the laws, regulations, and other policy mechanisms concerning natural resources and environmental quality.
Environmental sustainability ensures that natural resources are used responsibly to meet present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) encompasses proactive measures to minimize vulnerabilities and risks associated with hazards, preventing or reducing their adverse impacts.
Equity recognizes that each person has different circumstances and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome.
Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
Financial inclusion refers to providing access to affordable and usable financial services to all individuals and businesses, regardless of their income or background.
Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.
Gender mainstreaming is a strategy for making women's and men's concerns and experiences an integral dimension of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes.
A food system encompasses all the processes and infrastructure involved in feeding a population: growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, consuming, and disposing of food and food-related items.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are frameworks for gathering, managing, and analyzing spatial or geographic data.
Human development is a paradigm focused on expanding people's freedoms and opportunities, enabling them to live long, healthy, and fulfilling lives.
A Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) integrates human rights principles into policies, programs, and practices to address inequalities and promote sustainable development.
Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe fundamental rights that all people everywhere in the world possess simply because they are human.
Humanitarian assistance is aid provided to people in distress during crises, aiming to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity.
Humanitarian principles are fundamental tenets guiding humanitarian action, ensuring aid is delivered effectively, impartially, and without causing harm.
Identity theft is the fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain.
Inequality refers to the unequal distribution of resources, opportunities, and power among individuals or groups within a society.
The informal economy encompasses economic activities that operate outside the formal regulatory framework, often characterized by a lack of legal protection, social security, and formal contracts.
Information systems are integrated sets of components for collecting, storing, processing, and distributing information to support decision-making, coordination, control, analysis, and visualization in an organization.
A Just Transition ensures that as economies shift towards sustainability, workers and communities are not left behind but are instead supported through the changes.
Land use planning is the systematic assessment of land and water potential, alternatives for land use, and economic and social conditions to select and adopt the best land-use options.
A project management tool using a matrix to plan, implement, and evaluate projects by linking activities to objectives and impact.
Land degradation is the reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of rainfed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands.
Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) focused on enabling systems to learn from data without explicit programming.
Malnutrition is a condition resulting from deficiencies, excesses, or imbalances in a person's intake of energy and/or nutrients.
Frameworks, processes, and tools for planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating development initiatives to achieve intended outcomes.
Nutrition security exists when all people at all times have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
Open data is data that is freely available to everyone to use and republish without restriction, promoting transparency, innovation, and collaboration.
Publicly available specifications that enable interoperability, data exchange, and compatibility between different systems and technologies.
Poverty traps are self-reinforcing mechanisms that prevent individuals, families, or communities from escaping poverty.
Poverty is a state of lacking essential resources and capabilities, hindering well-being and participation in society.
Poverty reduction encompasses strategies and interventions aimed at alleviating and eliminating poverty, enabling individuals and communities to achieve a basic standard of living.
Remote sensing is the process of detecting and measuring the physical characteristics of an area by measuring its reflected and emitted radiation at a distance.
Resilience is the ability of a system, community, or individual to withstand, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses.
Program evaluation is the systematic assessment of the design, implementation, or results of a program to improve its effectiveness and inform decisions.
Results-Based Management (RBM) is a management strategy focusing on achieving outcomes and results, rather than just processes or activities.
Risk assessment is the process of identifying, analyzing, and evaluating risks to determine their potential impact and likelihood.
The rule of law is a principle of governance in which all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated, and which are consistent with international human rights norms and standards.
Smart Agriculture leverages advanced digital technologies, particularly IoT and AI, to create connected farming systems that optimize agricultural processes, enhance productivity, and promote sustainability.
Social cohesion refers to the degree of connection and solidarity within a community or society.
Social assistance encompasses non-contributory programs providing support to individuals and families facing poverty, vulnerability, or specific social risks.
Social exclusion is a multidimensional process preventing individuals or groups from fully participating in society's economic, social, and political life.
Social insurance is a system where individuals contribute to a common fund, managed by the government or a quasi-governmental body, to protect against specific economic and social risks.
Social inclusion is the process of improving the terms of participation in society, particularly for people who are disadvantaged, through enhancing opportunities, access to resources, voice, and respect for rights.
Comprehensive frameworks and interventions designed to protect people from poverty, vulnerability, and social exclusion throughout their lifecycle.
Social protection floors (SPF) are nationally defined sets of basic social security guarantees that ensure access to essential healthcare and basic income security for all residents.
Social protection encompasses policies and programs designed to reduce poverty and vulnerability by promoting efficient labor markets, diminishing people's exposure to risks, and enhancing their capacity to manage economic and social risks.
Social resilience is the ability of a community or society to withstand and recover from shocks and stresses, adapting and transforming in the face of adversity.
Social safety nets are non-contributory transfer programs designed to protect individuals and households from poverty, vulnerability, and shocks.
Spatial analysis is the process of examining geographic data to identify patterns, relationships, and trends, enabling informed decision-making.
Sustainable agriculture is farming practices that meet current food and textile needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Sustainability is the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Agricultural and food production approaches that maintain ecosystem health while ensuring food security and nutrition for current and future generations.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
A Theory of Change (ToC) is a comprehensive framework for planning, implementing, and evaluating initiatives aimed at achieving specific long-term goals.
Universal access ensures that essential services and resources are available and accessible to everyone, regardless of their location, socio-economic status, or other demographic factors.
Sustainable Land Management (SLM) is a holistic approach to managing land resources for long-term environmental and human well-being.
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a regular, unconditional cash payment provided to all individuals within a defined population, regardless of their income, employment status, or other factors.
Verifiable Credentials are tamper-evident digital credentials that allow individuals or organizations to securely and privately share claims about themselves with others.
A Vulnerability Assessment identifies weaknesses in systems, assets, or processes that could be exploited by threats, leading to potential harm or loss.
Vulnerability refers to the susceptibility of individuals, systems, or assets to harm from hazards or adverse events.
An approach for spatial delineation of swidden systems based on landscape mosaics.
A meta-analysis of global food security projections to 2050 under various scenarios.
This report provides a framework for building household resilience through adaptive social protection (ASP).
Social protection's role in gender equality, focusing on labor, GBV, and empowerment.
IFC report analyzing how microfinance institutions can better serve smallholder farmers in Latin America.
This World Bank report analyzes adaptive social protection in Colombia using the Social Protection Stress Test Tool.
A briefing paper on the potential of digital public infrastructure in agriculture.
AgriStack aims to enable farmers' access to digital services for credit, advice, inputs, and market linkage.
Framework for efficient and rights-protected agricultural data management in Telangana.
Explores the benefits/risks of biometric use in humanitarian sector.
ADB's plan to spearhead climate action with strategic interventions and initiatives.
A brief commentary exploring conflict triggers in Sri Lanka's agriculture sector.
Analysis of swidden agriculture's fallow periods and land-use intensity in montane mainland Southeast Asia from 1988-2016.
A pilot project strengthening agriculture data and knowledge management through the Kenya Integrated Agriculture Management Information System (KIAMIS).
A multilingual agricultural thesaurus that serves as a Linked Open Data set to facilitate standardized indexing and efficient searches.
Identifies factors limiting smallholder households' access to formal credit in Ethiopia.
An evaluation of a digital farmer registry pilot project in Ethiopia.
This thesis explores the factors influencing smallholder farmer's access to formal credit in Metema Woreda, Ethiopia.
Overview of Mexico's identity-management system and path toward digital ID.
Analysis of FAO's digital agriculture interventions in sub-Saharan Africa, 2020-2022.
Explores what makes Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) truly 'public' by examining underlying values and governance.
A compendium of research on the economics of DPI implementations around the world.
A report on how digital technologies are reshaping agriculture in ASEAN.
This policy brief reviews digital tools for climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture.
Policy brief on the implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer for fertilizer subsidies in India.
Explores two models for Direct Cash Transfers (DCT) of fertilizer subsidies to farmers in India.
This technical note discusses effective targeting methods for poverty alleviation programs.
Exploring interoperability between farmer registries and social protection systems to improve outcomes for rural populations.
World Bank's FS2030 FY23 report on food systems resilience amid crises.
Explores how social protection systems can reduce poverty, improve food security, and build resilience in rural areas.
Local tenure institutions are shaped by farmers and land use planning in Laos.
A snapshot of global food security trends as of September 2024.
A summary of key trends in global food security as of September 2024.
Argues for digital agency over sovereignty for inclusive digital governance.
Report summarizing workshop on gender equality and women's empowerment in IFAD operations.
IFAD's ICT4D strategy to leverage ICT for development impact.
IDMC's 2024 report on internal displacement trends globally.
This book is a comprehensive guide to social protection systems.
An assessment of India's IDEA framework and Agristack initiative in agriculture.
James C. Scott reflects on his intellectual journey away from conventional political science.
James Scott discusses his research on peasants, power, and resistance.
A case study of a Khmu village in Northern Laos examines how land allocation policies impact traditional swidden cultivation practices.
Examines DPI's potential to improve social protection portability in India.
A guide to setting up management information systems for social protection programs in Africa.
A guide to management information systems for social protection programs.
A comprehensive review of the Philippines' social protection (SP) system in 2018.
Examines impact of disasters & climate shocks on poverty in Europe and Central Asia.
Comprehensive guide to the Philippines' conditional cash transfer program.
ICRC's policy to ensure processing of biometric data is aligned with 'do no harm' principles.
A playbook for dynamic, interoperable digital social protection systems.
Overview of digital technologies enabling precision agriculture for smallholder farmers.
IFAD's strategic plan for Rwanda, aiming to reduce poverty by empowering rural communities.
A review of Theory of Change use in international development commissioned by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).
This brief outlines seven principles for mobilizing open data to digitally transform Indian agriculture through the Agri-Stack initiative.
Examines the medium-term implications of climate change for social protection in the Asia-Pacific region.
A guide to rapidly deploying digital solutions using shared infrastructure in 100 days.
Exploration of shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS).
Market-oriented agriculture transforms lives and moves people out of poverty.
Reviews design and impact of social protection programs in developing countries.
A visual framework for social protection systems using a solar system metaphor.
Global maps of soil properties at 250 m resolution with uncertainty.
Guidance note on the framework for Social Registries as inclusion systems.
Examines stakeholder perceptions of Sri Lanka's Fertilizer Cash Grant (FCG) scheme for paddy farmers.
ISO report proposing steps for standardization in data-driven agrifood systems.
UN Women strategy to scale programming for indigenous women.
A brief overview of sustainable food systems as defined by the FAO.
Explores opportunities, challenges, and lessons of digitalizing social protection during COVID-19.
Examines agroforestry's impact on livelihoods and land use in Laos, considering customary land tenure.
Analysis of global food systems using a new framework and baseline data.
Practical tipsheets for humanitarian and social protection stakeholders on linking assistance.
The document discusses the Whisp solution to implement convergence of evidence for deforestation-related trade regulations.
A guide to developing Theories of Change for planning and evaluation in social development, emphasizing key elements and practical tips.
FAO report on digital inclusion for rural communities and marginalized groups.
Guidance for inclusive social protection for people with disabilities.
UNICEF's framework for child-sensitive social protection programs globally.
A review of concepts and debates surrounding Theory of Change in international development.
A budgetary reference document on digital supply chain systems for investors, implementers, and governments.
IFC's handbook on engaging smallholders in sustainable supply chains.
Overview of unified farmer databases, focusing on Krushak Odisha, for empowering farmers and enhancing farm policy outcomes.
Digital registry and satellite imagery to assess agricultural support effectiveness in Ukraine during conflict.
Overview of the World Bank Group's climate financing in FY24, highlighting trends, regional distribution, and project-level details.
ILO report on global labor market trends, social outcomes, and future projections.
A global overview of social protection progress and COVID-19 impacts.
ILO Report outlines the critical role of universal social protection in climate action and a just transition.