Why donors are backing a global push for digital public infrastructure | Devex, 30 September 2022

"...countries are coming together to share common approaches to building trusted, safe, and inclusive digital public infrastructure, or DPI. They’re also sharing knowledge around so-called digital public goods so that governments can adopt them and scale up their DPI much more quickly — which will in turn help them reach more people with services ranging from health care to food distribution to cash transfers. Donors committed a total of $295 million to the cause during the 77th United Nations General Assembly. Big donors included the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which committed $200 million; Norway, which committed $50 million; Germany with nearly $35 million; and the EU’s Horn of Africa Initiative, with nearly $10 million. Leaders from 15 countries committed to sharing digital public goods as well as their knowledge to help other countries build this infrastructure...."