Across much of the world, administration of public finance systems remains fragmented, opaque, and rigid, limiting governments’ ability to make informed decisions and respond to emerging needs for service delivery. This session will explore the state of the field and how DPI principles of interoperability, reusability, and evolvability with the help of open standards, modular architecture, and inclusive design, can transform PFM into a data-driven, citizen-centric engine of governance and growth.
ICTD is at the Global DPI Summit and taking part in the following session, which has been designed as a conversation between researchers and practitioners to reflect on:
- What DPI means for public finance and the problems it can help solve
- The challenges and benefits of using a DPI approach
- The tensions involved in implementing technology in the public finance space and strategies for navigating them
Speakers:
- Emily-Rose Steyn, Product Manager, Open Cities Lab
- Ayanda Hlatshwayo, Acting Chief Data Analytics Officer, National Treasury of South Africa
- Cathal Long, Senior Research Fellow, ODI Global
- Fabrizio Santoro, Research Fellow, ICTD
- Jayant Narlikar, Government of Assam, India
- Gaurav Godhwani, Executive Director and Co-Founder, CivicDataLab
- Devesh Sharma, Senior Program Officer, Digital Public Finance, Gates Foundation
Key resource
Digital Public Infrastructure and Tax: High Stakes, High Rewards (Policy Briefing)
