Project Notice |
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| PNR | 41317 |
| Project Name | Bangladesh: Enhancing Digital Government & Economy Project |
| Project Detail | PROJECT DESCRIPTION A. Project Development Objective (PDO) To improve the efficiency and cybersecurity of digital government, and increase digitally enabled employment and raise revenues of IT industry firms supported by the Project. 20. Progress toward the achievement of the PDO would be assessed using the following PDO-level results indicators: (a) Cost-efficiency savings on use of Integrated Digital Platform by GOB agencies (Amount (USD)) (b) GOB Ministries and Divisions with improved end-point cybersecurity (Number) (c) Digitally enabled jobs created by the Project (Number); of which for women (percentage) (d) Revenue of IT industry firms supported by the Project activities (Amount (USD)) Project Financing and Components 21. The total Project cost is US$305 million. It will be financed through a US$295 million equivalent IDA Scale-Up Facility credit to the GOB. The GOB will provide an additional US$10 million of counterpart funds in the form of parallel financing to finance operating costs, including expenditures that are not eligible for IDA financing under the current financing parameters23. A cost breakdown for the Project’s components and subcomponents and their related activities are in the Procurement Plan. 22. The Project’s components and subcomponents are described in the following paragraphs. Component 1: Enabling Environment for Digital Government and Digital Economy (US$44 million) Component 2: Transforming Digital Government (US$138.5 million) Component 3: Developing Digital Enablers (US$83.5 million) Component 4: Project Management Support (US$39 million) |
| Funded By | World Bank |
| Sector | GRC |
| Country | Bangladesh , Southern Asia |
| Project Value | BDT 305,000,000 |
Contact Information |
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| Company Name | Bangladesh Computer Council |
| Address | Team Leader Siou Chew Kuek, T. M. Asaduzzaman |
| Web Site | https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/project-detail/P161086 |
