Dhaka Bureau: Bangladesh has been included in the World Bank’s ‘Govtech Leaders’ list by implementing new projects to provide various government services using digital technology and create an ecosystem to involve citizens in receiving these services. Bangladesh has risen to this position in the Govtech Maturity Index (GTMI) 2022 published by the World Bank online on Wednesday.
According to the World Bank’s GTMI2022 data, Bangladesh is ranked in GTMI’s ‘Category A: Very High Government Maturity’ with a total score of 0.84 (out of 1.00). Each country in this group is considered by the World Bank as ‘GovTech Leaders’. Based on the new score, Bangladesh is ranked 29th out of 198 countries in the world. Notably, Bangladesh’s score in GTMI2020 was 0.72 (out of 1.00) and was placed in Category B: High Govtech Maturity group.
GTMI2022 assessed four key aspects of digital transformation of public sector service delivery. These are – Core Government Systems, Public Service Delivery, Citizen Engagement and GovTech Enablers. The World Bank’s flagship report presents a snapshot of the govtech maturity of 198 countries in the global economy. GTMI 2022 focuses on GovTech trends, practices and their implementation.
According to GTMI data, the world average score for government implementation of govtech is 0.552 (out of 1.00). R Core Government Systems Index (CGSI) score is 0.575, Public Service Delivery Index (PSDI) score is 0.649, Digital Citizen Engagement Index (DCEI) score is 0.449, and GovTech Enablers Index (GTEI) score is 0.536.
On the other hand, out of the four indices of GTMI it achieved ‘Category A: Very High GTMI’ in three and ‘Category B: High GTMI’ in one. According to GTMI2022, Bangladesh’s CGSI score is 0.915 (up from 0.70 in 2020); PSDI score is 0.707 (0.65 in 2020); DCEI score is 0.837 (0.77 in 2020); And the GTEI score is 0.920 (up from 0.74 in 2020).
It should be noted that the World Bank’s GTMI 2022 report has worked diligently to accurately present the position of Bangladesh under the Cabinet Department and the Department of Information and Communication Technology under the implementation and managed with the support of UNDP – ‘A2I’. As a part of GTMI2022 reporting, the organization organized several consultative workshops for collecting and overall coordination of necessary information from all relevant ministries, departments, departments and organizations of the government. Later, A2I compiled the information received from various government departments and sent it to the World Bank.
