challenge proposals

3 Challenge Proposals

Disruptive technologies applied to development challenges

(8) 4%

(8) 4%

(10) 15%

(10) 5%

(11) 5%

(27) 13%

(27) 13%

(28) 13%

(36) 17%

(44) 20%

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ICTs

Computer/Mobile Applications

UAVs

Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality

IoT

Digital Platforms

Distributed Ledger/Blockchain

Geospatial Technologies

Data Analytics

AI/Machine LearningRoughly 40% of all proposals propose a solution focusing on the use of AI/ML or Data Analytics.

Over a third are dedicated to Geospatial Technologies, or DL/Blockchain, or Digital Platforms.

Every 4th proposal pitches a solution based on either IoT, or VR/AR, or UAVs.

Top 10 Disruptive Technologies (DTs) Across All Proposals

DT4D2019-2020 ANNUAL REPORT

Regional distribution of top 4 technologies


Digital Platforms(37 countries)

DL/Blockchain(20 countries)

Geospatial Technologies(20 countries)

AI/ML/Data Analytics(62 countries)

Disruptive Technologies addressing development challenges by theme

Governance refers to the theme of those proposals that depicted a procurement issue and pitched a procurement solution (e.g. Blockchain to better track procurement transactions), or that portrayed a social accountability issue (e.g. lack of feedback loops whenever gov't services are provided), or that argued for a better governance practice (e.g. AI/ML for better design of banking regulations).

Every 10th proposal focuses on Financial inclusion or Education.

About half proposals focus on the themes include:(in the descending order) • 18 Transport (8%)• 18 Entrepreneurship & Markets (7%)• 16 Health & Nutrition (7%)• 15 Environment & Natural Resource Management (7%)• 12 Water & Sanitation (6%)• 10 Agriculture (5%)• 10 Disaster & Risk Management (5%)

Top themes dominate 83% of the proposals, other are followed by:

(in the descending order)

Every 6th (15%) proposal focuses on various Governance issues.

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11% Education

11%Financial Inclusion

Top 10 Themes Across All Proposals

Jobs & Social Protection Urban Development Tourism & Logistics Energy Macroeconomics Youth & Gender


First call triggered 258 Proposals for projects across the World

Top 10 Countries Number of proposals

India

Kenya

Vietnam

Indonesia

Brazil

Colombia

Mozambique

Uganda

Myanmar

Nigeria

16

14

11

10

8

8

8

8

7

7

Diversity of proposals

A third (31%) of all proposals focus on Africa

50% of all proposals target world’s poorest economies, “IDA Countries”

Total 108 proposals

24 (10%)Global

Proposals by Regional Distribution

76 (31%)Africa

37 (15%)East Asia

& Pacific29 (12%)Latin America& Caribbean

23 (10%)Europe &

Central Asia

19 (8%) Middle East &North America

NB: 21 proposals are cross-regional

IDA

Total 49 proposalsFCV

23% of proposals cover countries and territories considered fragile, conflict-affected and/or affected by violence, “FCV”

34 (14%)South Asia

MENA

ECA

LAC


Technology Sector

Digital Platforms

Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation; Transport; Social, Urban, Rural, & Resilience; Digital Development

Drones for Transport in Africa Cargo drones to speed up deliveries and connect the excluded along Tanzania’s Lake Victoria Basin

DT4D Challenge Winners

East Africa(Pilot in Rwanda, African Drones Forum)

Green and Blue Footprints Tool Tool that can delineate geospatial data on footprints of urban green & blue spaces

Safety Tech to Improve Labor Force Participation for Women

Providing women with a private safety response system to facilitate work force participation

Geospatial technologies, AI/ML

Mobile applications

Environment & Natural Resources;Social, Urban, Rural, & Resilience;Digital Development; Water

Education; Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation; Social Protection & Jobs; Digital Development

Indonesia

India

General Funding


Portable Benefits Platforms A digital-benefits platformde-linked from a formal employment contract

Social Protection & JobsCote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Benin,

Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI/ML)

AI against Crisis and Conflict AI-powered nowcasting of food security, prices, and livelihood conditions

Agriculture; Health, Nutrition & Population;PovertySomalia, Afghanistan, Northern Nigeria,

and the Sahel

Data analytics Social, Urban, Rural, & Resilience

Disaster Preparedness Through Smartphone Location Data

Use of smartphone location data to gain granular new insights for disaster management

Distributed Ledger/Blockchain

Mexico and Indonesia

Blockchain for Youth Engagement

Use of blockchain to disburse incentives to students developing skills to solve environmental challenges

Kaizen 2.0: Microlearning with a Digital Brain

Use of traditional Japanese Kaizen principles, as well as of microlearning platforms for productivity improvement of SMEs

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

Social Protection;Digital Development

Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation

Colombia

Kenya

SFLAC Funding


Japan ASA Funding

Technology Sector

DT4D Challenge Winners

Disrupting Corruption and Money-Laundering in Brazil

Anti-Corruption/Anti-Money Laundering Decision Support Systems

Governance

Brazil

Data analytics

DTs for detecting dams and determining deformations (*)

Use of DTs to identify and inventory existing dams and systematically monitor their deformation

Geospatial technologies, AI/ML, Data Analytics, Remote Sensing

Agriculture; Energy; Social, Urban, Rural, & Resilience; WaterAngola

(*) Not implemented

4 Teams & Implementation Results

Drones for Transport in Africa The first event of its kind in Africa, African Drone Forum (ADF) 2020 & The Lake Kivu Flying Challenge accelerating drone technology and ecosystem

DT4D Projects

East Africa(Pilot in Rwanda, African Drones Forum)

Green and Blue Footprints Tool Green and Blue Footprints Tool& Green and Blue mapping in Jakarta and other regions

Safety tech to improve labor force participation for women

Baseline survey and summary report on the effects of GBV on women's workforce participation

Indonesia

India

General Funding


Portable Benefits Platforms The launch of the first WURI West Africa Challenge to gather for solutions that use regionally interoperable ID systems

West Africa

AI against crisis and conflictSomalia, Afghanistan, Northern Nigeria,

and the Sahel

Crisis analytics tool that can ‘nowcast’ food security, prices, and livelihood conditions in over 20 countries in FCV environment.

Disaster Preparedness Through Smartphone Location Data

A code library to be packaged into the mobility data analytics tool kit & Puebla earthquake impact research paperMexico

Blockchain for Youth Engagement

EVOKE, a first-time initiative global blockchain-based learning platform providing access to 21st century skills

Colombia

SFLAC Funding

Japan ASA Funding

Disrupting Corruption and Money-Laundering in Brazil

The first risk analysis system that identifies procurement red flagsto increase efficiency of public expenditure

Brazil

Kaizen 2.0 : Microlearning with a Digital Brain

Kenya

A skill gaps assessment on Kenyan SMEs

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