Municipal ICT Capacity and its Impact on the Climate-Change Affected Urban Poor : The Case of Mozambique

The objective of conducting this case study on Mozambique is to uncover the pattern of municipal Information and Communication Technology (ICT) impact that may exist in other low-capacity countries with analogous political economy structures in rel...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Social Analysis
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TARIFFS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET ACTION PLAN ACTION PLANS ADOPTION OF ICT APPLIANCES BACKBONE BANDWIDTH BASIC BIG CITIES BROADBAND BROADCAST BUSINESS PERMITS BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS BUSINESSES CAPABILITIES CAPABILITY CAPACITY BUILDING CITIES ALLIANCE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION CITY INFRASTRUCTURE CITY MANAGEMENT CITY MAP CITY PLANNING COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITIES COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTER SYSTEMS COMPUTERIZATION COMPUTERS CONNECTION SPEED CONNECTIVITY COORDINATION MECHANISMS COPYING DATA COVERAGE DATA STORAGE DEDICATED LINE DIGITAL DIGITAL DIVIDE DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER PREVENTION DOMAIN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DRINKING WATER E-GOVERNANCE E-GOVERNMENT E-GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES E-GOVERNMENT POLICIES E-GOVERNMENT PROJECTS E-GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS E-MAIL E-READINESS E-READINESS INDEX E-SERVICES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EGOVERNANCE EGOVERNMENT ELECTRICITY ELECTRONIC DATA ELECTRONIC NETWORK ELECTRONIC SERVICES EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EQUIPMENT ESERVICES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL AUTONOMY GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM GOVERNMENT ENTITIES GOVERNMENT SERVICES GPS HARDWARE HUMAN CAPACITIES HUMAN CAPITAL ICT IMAGE IMAGES IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS INFORMATION &AMP; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INPUT DATA INSTITUTION INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET HOSTS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS INTERNET SERVICES INTERNET USE INTEROPERABILITY IP ISPS IT INFRASTRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LAND DISPUTES LAND MANAGEMENT LAND OWNERSHIP LAND REGISTRATION LAND TITLING LAND USE LICENSES LICENSING LOGISTICS SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MARKET ACCESS MATERIAL MEDIA MESSAGING MOBILE APPLICATIONS MOBILE DEVICES MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES MOBILE SERVICE MOBILE SERVICES MOBILE TELEPHONE MOBILE TELEPHONES MOBILE TELEPHONY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NETWORKS OFFICE OPERATIONS OPEN DEVELOPMENT OUTSOURCING PAPERLESS OFFICE PCS PENETRATION RATES PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POLICE POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY FRAMEWORKS PORTALS PRIVATE INVESTMENTS PRODUCTIVITY PROVINCIAL CAPITALS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION QUERIES RADIO RADIO COMMUNICATION RADIO STATIONS REAL TIME REFUGEES RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS ROUTING SAFETY NETS SANITATION FACILITIES SATELLITE SATELLITES SECURE DATA SENSORS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICES TO CITIZENS SILO SILOS SIMULATION SLUM AREAS SLUMS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL PROTECTION SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS SOFTWARES SPREADSHEETS STAKEHOLDERS TAGGING TECHNICAL EXPERTS TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TELEPHONE TELEVISION TEXT TRANSPARENCY UNDERSEA CABLES URBAN AGGLOMERATION URBAN AREAS URBAN DESIGN URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN GOVERNANCE URBAN GOVERNMENTS URBAN MANAGEMENT URBAN PLANNERS URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN RESIDENTS URBAN SERVICE DELIVERY URBAN SERVICES URBANIZATION USER USERS USES VEHICLE TAX WATER LEVEL WEB WEB PAGE WEB PAGES WIRELESS WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16552533/municipal-ict-capacity-impact-climate-change-affected-urban-poor-case-mozambique http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12623

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Summary:	The objective of conducting this case study on Mozambique is to uncover the pattern of municipal Information and Communication Technology (ICT) impact that may exist in other low-capacity countries with analogous political economy structures in relation to leveraging ICT in public sectors. The study concludes by suggesting measures to link the continent's ICT boom in citizen-based mobile telephony and internet usage with the rapid rise of public sector ICT phenomena as a promising means to plug service delivery gaps. In view of these highlights, this report stands to serve as a valuable resource guide to a wide audience of practitioners, including policy wonks, urban specialists; ICT and climate change enthusiasts, as well as social accountability activists. This report consists of five sections. Section one details the impact of climate change on Mozambique's urban poor while also providing an overview of the country's disaster response system. In view of the decentralization of much of Mozambique's ICT and other resources among municipal governments, section two sheds light on leveraging local government-level ICT towards enhancing urban climate resilience and disseminates awareness on the 'ICT- Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty (PARPA)' framework. Section three describes the four ICT tools most widely being used towards climate-change adaptation, while Section 4 seeks to quantify the level to which municipal ICT growth is having an impact on urban climate resilience generally, and seeks to answer the question of whether it is having an equitable impact on the poor. Upon measuring the extent to which urban climate resilience is being enhanced and analyzing differential impact on the urban poor, section five recommends targeted reform in ICT-PARPA framework such that ICT impact is equitable for all communities, and postulates how such reform can be realized.

Municipal ICT Capacity and its Impact on the Climate-Change Affected Urban Poor : The Case of Mozambique

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