LocationsData Innovation for Development
The dramatic increase in access to communication tools, a vibrant IT developer community, a new government with focus on innovative tools and efficiency, and the existence of large government programmes that are yet to use real-time monitoring and feedback mechanisms for targeting, adjustments and improvements in Indonesia. Pulse Lab Jakarta is set up to tum ideas on how information required for decision-making can be collected, processed, presented and shared into practical software applications that government institutions and partner programmes can then adopt and build into their processes. To cutting edge information technology and analysis to improve the quality and effectiveness of Indonesia's development partnerships, Pulse Lab Jakarta supported to deliver on the mission's recommendations over a two-year period. This programme is also intended to support the ongoing process of democratisation in Indonesia. Global and national experience already shows that the smart deployment of information technology promotes citizen access, increases government accountability, and lets government services become more responsive to the needs of people. It will also seek to address three cross-cutting issues, i.e. improving government systems, reducing barriers to poor people's market access and strengthening the enabling environment.