The World Bank has worked extensively with other partners in the ICT sector

On ICT as an enabler of transformation, the Bank is collaborating with AfDB and the African Union on a flagship effort, Trans-formation-Ready: The strategic application of information and communication technologies in Africa, which studies the transformational im-pact of ICTs in a wide range of sectors as well as on trade and integration. In addition, in 2011 the World Bank is launching the “ICT Innovations for Improved Service Delivery and Accountability” Knowledge Platform to mobi-lize practitioners, innovators, technology companies, and civil society on improving the accountability, quality and delivery of public ser-vices. Memoranda of Understanding have been signed with Government of Korea, Govern-ment of Singapore, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, L1, Gemalto and Pfizer. Pfizer is collaborating on two e-Health pilot projects
 On facilitating project development, the Korean Government has made available a US$15 million Korean Trust Fund on ICTs focusing on project development for investment and lending, and innovative analytical work related to ICT as an enabler of transformation. The Finnish Government is providing infoDev with approximately US$16 million to support grass-roots innovation and entrepreneurship and to scale up mobile applications to address local challenges with global relevance.

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