Data Practices in MENA : Case Study - Opportunities and Challenges in Jordan

Jordan aspires to become a regional digital leader and has identified digital economy as a high priority for the country’s social and economic development. More recently, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has created an urgency for Jor...

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spelling okr-10986-353132021-04-23T14:02:20Z Data Practices in MENA : Case Study - Opportunities and Challenges in Jordan World Bank DATA PROTECTION DATA REGULATION DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION DATA GOVERNANCE MOBILE BROADBAND E-GOVERNMENT Jordan aspires to become a regional digital leader and has identified digital economy as a high priority for the country’s social and economic development. More recently, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has created an urgency for Jordan to adapt to the post-pandemic world driven by digital infrastructure and services. Against this background, this case study provides an assessment of the data governance practices in Jordan as well as a set of high-level policy recommendations to strengthen data governance in support of a vibrant, safe, and inclusive digital economy. Data governance is a necessary process of managing the availability, usability, integrity, and security of data in public and private systems. Solid data governance ecosystem, supported by capacity building for institutions and inclusive communications and dissemination campaigns, can foster trust in data use in a country and region with a fragile social contract. The diagnostic toolkit used in this report interrogates three pillars: enablers; safeguards; and value creation. 2021-03-25T21:03:27Z 2021-03-25T21:03:27Z 2021-03 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/878701616484402565/Data-Practices-in-MENA-Case-Study-Opportunities-and-Challenges-in-Jordan-Findings-of-a-Data-Ecosystem-Assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35313 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Public Sector Study Middle East and North Africa Jordan
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DATA REGULATION
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
DATA GOVERNANCE
MOBILE BROADBAND
E-GOVERNMENT
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DATA REGULATION
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
DATA GOVERNANCE
MOBILE BROADBAND
E-GOVERNMENT
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Data Practices in MENA : Case Study - Opportunities and Challenges in Jordan
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description Jordan aspires to become a regional digital leader and has identified digital economy as a high priority for the country’s social and economic development. More recently, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has created an urgency for Jordan to adapt to the post-pandemic world driven by digital infrastructure and services. Against this background, this case study provides an assessment of the data governance practices in Jordan as well as a set of high-level policy recommendations to strengthen data governance in support of a vibrant, safe, and inclusive digital economy. Data governance is a necessary process of managing the availability, usability, integrity, and security of data in public and private systems. Solid data governance ecosystem, supported by capacity building for institutions and inclusive communications and dissemination campaigns, can foster trust in data use in a country and region with a fragile social contract. The diagnostic toolkit used in this report interrogates three pillars: enablers; safeguards; and value creation.
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title Data Practices in MENA : Case Study - Opportunities and Challenges in Jordan
title_short Data Practices in MENA : Case Study - Opportunities and Challenges in Jordan
title_full Data Practices in MENA : Case Study - Opportunities and Challenges in Jordan
title_fullStr Data Practices in MENA : Case Study - Opportunities and Challenges in Jordan
title_full_unstemmed Data Practices in MENA : Case Study - Opportunities and Challenges in Jordan
title_sort data practices in mena : case study - opportunities and challenges in jordan
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/878701616484402565/Data-Practices-in-MENA-Case-Study-Opportunities-and-Challenges-in-Jordan-Findings-of-a-Data-Ecosystem-Assessment
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