Open systems enabling transparency technology leapfrog

Open Systems Enabling Transparency Technology Leapfrog
World Bank
February 3, 2011
Doug Hadden
VP Products

Globalization and transparency
New Normal
Impact of open systems
Transparency leapfrog opportunity
Case of Timor-Leste
Budget Transparency
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Agenda

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Digital technology
Efficient movement of goods
Competition for markets, businesses
Ever increasing information availability
Driving reform
Globalization

21st Century – don’t worry about the *Press
Technology in the hands of citizens
Millions of social media auditors
Mobile phones game-changer
Citizens are Watching You
* Lesson learned in Iran, China, Egypt, Tunisia…

Theory of Leapfrog
Legacy technology entrenched in developed countries
Bi-pass stages in development
Focus on what is important
Learn from other countries
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Budget Transparency
Audited books pdf
PDF on-line
Budget book printed
Budget speech pre-released to press
Budget speech in official gazette
Budget presentation in legislature

Budget Transparency con’t
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7
….
Budget data in XBRL
Participatory budgeting
Interactive budget execution data
Quarterly audited reports PDF
Audit findings PDF

Transition to Open Environment: Transparency

Transition to Open Systems: Technology

Open?
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open
open
open
open
transparency
environment
integration
technology
proprietary

open
open
open
open
transparency
Open
environment
technology
open standards

Open Systems Maturity
DOM, CORBA
.Net, JavaEE
Open Source Middleware
Industry XML
standards
Web Services, Service Oriented Architecture
Component-based SOA
Object-oriented Development
Proprietary Standards
Open data
Open government
Machine-readable
Mashups
2.0
Era
Cloud
Era
2010s
Webified ERP
Era
2000s
ERP II
Era
1990s
ERP
Era
Dot Com
Era
1980s
Client/Server
Era
Mainframe
Era
Systems
Closed
Open
Environment
Open
Closed
Back Office
Web
Enabling technology

Avoid the resource curse
Build civil society & social cohesion
Improve budget execution
Improve development outcomes
Sustain growth
Timor-Leste Objectives

beta version of Government of Timor-Leste transparency portal
subscribe
drill down
articles

Expenditures, Transparency Portal
10 years of data
drill through the chart of accounts

Expenditures, Transparency Portal
export to xls, doc, pdf, html, xml
track commitments

Lessons Learned
Technology
Re-purpose open systems rapidly to support portal functionality
Optimal product footprint
Rapid implementation
Broad choice in middleware
Transparency
Good practices in budget classifications
Holistic whole-of-country
Ministry of Finance and Planning leadership
Civil society enablement

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