Open Data for Development
Shaida Badiee
Neil Fantom
The World Bank
Open Data:
improving lives in the 19th Century
Created data: distribution of deaths by location
Combined with other data: plotted with water points and pumps
Analyzed data: saw connection with one pump
Took action: removed the handle
What is Open Data?
“Open data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed
by anyone – subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute
and sharealike.” Open Knowledge Foundation
Technically open:
You can find it, access it, your
machines can read it, and you can
combine it with other data
Legally open:
You’re allowed to use it, re-use it, and
re-distribute it freely, for commercial
and non-commercial purposes
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json, txt, csv, xml,
html, API, rdf, etc.
pdf, jpg, gif, png,
other proprietary
formats
CC-BY attribution
license,
opendefinition.org
Subscriptions,
restrictions on
commercial use
More than transparency
Transparency
Social and economic value
Interaction and engagement
Source: okfn.org
We started in 2010
Our aim is Open Development
Open Data
Legally open and technically open: easy to find and free for
use and re-use
Open Knowledge
Work with others to collect, share and analyze data,
measure results, increase knowledge
Open Solutions
Engage in new ways to find solutions to development
problems
We’re open about what we know
We’re open about what we do
We’re open to new engagement
We’re supporting others to be open
What have we learnt?
1. You can’t do open data without data to open up
We didn’t start with this:
1. You can’t do open data without data to open up
We started with this:
2. Free data is not free
But it’s good for business
3. Open up your data and it will be
used
Source: yourtopia.net
4. Others can do it better
Five ideas for what’s next
1. Going global
2. Going local
3. Open Data from the crowd
August 2011
Citizens Mapping Services
Linking Citizen Voice to Public Service Provision in Dar Es Salaam
3. Open Data from the crowd
September 2011
4. Open Data leads to better data
4. Open Data leads to better data
Source: opendata.go.ke
4. Open Data leads to better data
Source: opendata.go.ke
5. Big Data and Open Data
Mass participation
>2 billion users 2011
Source: unglobalpulse.org
6. Citizen engagement and feedback
A Public Good for the Public Good