Bookmark Oleh Si Ying Thian Meet the Women in GovTech 2024. Julia Vieira de Andrade Dias Emendabili, Digital Innovation Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), shares her journey. Image: Julia Vieira de Andrade Dias Emendabili 1. How do you use technology/policy to improve citizens’ lives? Tell us about your role or organisation. I lead the Inter-American Development Bank ’s (IDB) Code for Development initiative, the first open-source program office at a multilateral development bank. We empower governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to adopt open-source solutions that drive innovation and improve public services. Code for Development has curated a repository of over 200 open-source tools, including 65 developed by the IDB , and built a network of over 2,000 government developers called Code4Dev. This network facilitates knowledge sharing, hosts implementation workshops, and connects governments with strategic partners. A recent example of our work is the implementation of UrbanPy in Brazil, an open-source tool developed by the IDB that we are reusing to optimize school infrastructure planning. This tool enables governments to identify the best locations for new schools and assess expansions based on data-driven metrics such as demand, travel times, and current capacities. By leveraging this solution, governments can […]
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Invest The Invisible Impact
