United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission
Experience: 5 to 10 Years
Skill Required: Policy/ Advocacy and Campaign
Apply By: 16-05-2022
The Digital Development (DD) Global Practice is part of the Bank’s Infrastructure Practice Group. It plays a critical role in enabling the achievements of the Twin goals and the Sustainable Development Goals. Digital technologies are transforming firms, governments and people’s lives; and with the digital economy growing at a rate significantly higher than that of the global economy, it offers emerging economies a unique opportunity to leapfrog traditional paths for development through digital solutions.
Collaborating across technical, geographic and institutional boundaries, the Digital Development team helps design and deliver ICT-enhanced solutions to a diverse range of clients. The team supports clients through advisory assistance to establish policy and regulatory environments that allow the widespread use of technology and create a trust environment; lending operations by building infrastructure to connect the unconnected, or enabling digital government shared platforms (cloud, digital, identification, etc.).
Identification for Development Initiative:
The World Bank Group estimates that one billion people globally are still unable to prove who they are, and many more have forms of ID that cannot be reliably verified or authenticated. Without a secure and trusted way to prove ones’ identity, people struggle to open a bank account, enroll in school, access health and social services, or obtain a mobile phone. The poorest and most vulnerable often face the highest risk of being excluded. In the digital age, the lack of ‘Good’ ID systems creates challenges for fully leveraging the opportunities being created through digital government and the digital economy, such as e-commerce, digital financial services and cross-border transactions. It is for these reasons that the international community committed to, “provide legal identity for all, including birth registration” by 2030 through Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 16.9.
In response, the World Bank Group’s Identification for Development (ID4D) Initiative was launched in 2014 to leverage global knowledge and expertise across sectors to help countries realize the transformational potential of digital ID and civil registration systems to achieve the SDGs. The Initiative is located in the DD Global Practice and operates across the World Bank Group with global practices and units working on social protection, health, financial inclusion, governance, gender, and legal aspects, among others. The ID4D initiative works with more than 40 countries and has $1.5 billion in active and pipeline financing It is supporting implementation of digital ID and civil registration systems, with much of this work carried out with partners, such as bilateral donors, think tanks, the private sector, UN agencies, and other international finance institutions. The work of ID4D is supported by a multi-donor trust fund, including the following partners: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the UK Government, the French government, and the Omidyar Network.
The DD Global Practice is led by a Director supported by several Practice Managers with specific regional and thematic responsibilities, including ID4D. The IDD04 unit is responsible for Digital Development activities and portfolio in the Eastern and Southern Africa region, including lending, supervision and analytical work. The IDD03 unit is responsible for the global ID4D and G2Px cross GP initiative.
The unit is looking to recruit a Digital Development (DD) Specialist under an Extended Term Consultant (ETC) appointment to be based in one of the following locations (Maputo, Mozambique, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia or Antananarivo, Madagascar) and support various countries in the region. English is essential, and French or Portuguese would be an advantage. The DD Specialist will report jointly to the IDD04 Practice Manager and the IDD03 Practice Manager.
Duties and Accountabilities:
The ET Consultant will work across both the AFE Digital Development regional team and the global ID4D team:
Digital Development activities:
The roles and responsibilities include but not limited to:
Selection Criteria: