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World Bank Digital Strategy:�personal perspectives

Dr. Nagy Hanna

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Do corporate strategies matter?

  • Successive corporate strategies for Board. 2012-15

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  • Ownership by regions, sectors, countries?

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  • JDW: Knowledge Bank. Operationalize vision?

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  • Kim: disruptive technologies. Silicon valley culture?

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  • Corporate strategy across global practices? Country driven? Chaos?

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Barriers to learning

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  • One size fits all mindset
  • Culture, incentives, risk aversion and conformity. YPs. HR
  • No strategic deployment of resources. ICT vs. basic needs.
  • Lending vs. Knowledge Bank and tech transfer. Identity
  • Closed vs. open learning model. Research, ideology, evaluation
  • Interaction with clients—time to listen; frontline resources
  • WBG collaboration across GPs, UN, RDBs. Who owns the ecosystem?

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How could aid agencies learn faster?