Master Class: Mainstreaming Open Data for Greater Development Impact

Jeff Kaplan - Senior ICT Consultant, World Bank

Washington, DC 25 February 2014

How many of you used Open Data today? Or this week?

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Agenda

!  What is Open Data? !  Who is doing it? !  What kind of data is being opened? !  Why are governments pursuing Open Data? !  Why is the World Bank doing Open Data? !  Open Data for Development Impact !  Getting Started - ODRA

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Open Data is ...

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Redistributed Copied Reused

Data that can be …

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by anyone ...

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Open Data = Machine-readable

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Open Data = Legally Open

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Who is doing Open Data?

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Open = Global

> 50 countries > 250 governments World Bank & United Nations

What Kind of Data is Opened?

Top Categories of Open Data!

1.  Geospatial!

2.  Transport!

3.  Geography!

4.  Political boundaries!

= Maps!!!

Why are governments doing this?

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Innovation and Growth

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OPEN !DATA!

OPEN !DATA!

OPEN DATA!

Open =

Fuel for innovation

Open =

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More

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Budget transparency

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Easy to search, easy to drill down to transaction level.!

Government Spending & Contracts

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Open = Road Safety

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Open Data =

Transparency in traffic violations – “Anti-Mordidas”

Why is the World Bank doing Open Data?

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For the World Bank, Open Data means…

Greater efficiency: easier to find our own data

Credit: Tim Herzog, World Bank

For the World Bank, Open Data means…

New and better uses of World Bank data

Credit: Tim Herzog, World Bank

Opening data drives demand growth

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2007 36

Open Data is

Open Data for Development Impact

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Open has value ... everywhere

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… including the Bank portfolio.

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Release …

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Turn this ...

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(Data-driven)�

Into …

Agriculture

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Open Data =

Engaging people to fight crop blight in real time

Apps for farmers 45

Open Data =

Apps for farmers 46

Open Data =

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From crop insurance to climate change planning for farmers!48

Health

Open =

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Disease Surveillance

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Health Facility Locations

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Now imagine combining denge map with a map showing location of health facilities that treat denge ...

Distribution of Medical Supplies

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http://www.directrelief.org/wp-content/Flash/USAmap/index.html

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Open Data =

Not just disease surveillance … but faster diagnosis

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Urban Development / Municipal Services

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Ranking neighborhoods based on safety, schools, crime, public transport options, etc ... All from Open Data!

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Open Data = Municipal Services

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Education

Performance of individual schools

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Water

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In Uganda, water point mapping …!62

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… leads to faster repairs and fewer water system failures!

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Environment

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Health hazards

www.weixianditu.com

Danger Maps - China!

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Public Safety

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Open = Road Safety

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… but added a new feature …

People can map a route and see how many traffic accidents have occurred on that route!

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Economic Development

Credit: Matthew McNaughton, World Bank

Open Data = Investment Promotion

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Bank Activities

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A service with > 2000 cities, states, federal agencies sharing procurement data showing prices paid for goods and services!

Procurement at the right price Getting Started > ODRA

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Policy / Legal Framework!

Technology / Infrastructure!

Leadership!

Applications & Co-Creation Citizen Engagement!

Innovation Financing!

Capacity Building!

Institutions!

Open Data

Open Data Ecosystem

1.  Leadership

2.  Policy / Legal Framework

3.  Institutional Structures, Responsibilities & Skills

4.  Government Data Management

5.  Demand for Data

6.  Civic Engagement & Capabilities

7.  Funding Open Data

8.  Technology & Skills Infrastructure

Open Data Readiness Assessment