The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Open Data

Doing Good Doing Well

Prasanna Lal Das@prasannalaldas

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• I lead the Open Finances program at the World Bank

• We publish open data about the Bank’s operations and its partners at

https://finances.worldbank.org

• Our mobile app is at http://apps.worldbank.org/wbfinances

• We are focused on the use of data

• As part of how the Bank works

• For analytics

• To help promote economic growth

• To build partnerships/communities

• To support/lead new research areas

• To support governments/partners

Before We Start

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• What is open data

• The growth of open data

• The economic opportunities

• Business models

• A pipeline study

• Making it happen

Today

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The road to Open Data

Personal,

Government, or

Private Data

Public Data Open Data

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What is Open Data

1. Technically open: available in a machine-readable standard format

2. Legally open: explicitly licensed in a way that permits commercial and non-commercial use and re-use without restrictions

Data that can be freely used or reused by anyone, for any purpose.

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• Transparency

• Accountability

• Engagement

• Inclusion

• Service delivery

• Economic growth

• Commercial viability

• Social impact

The Drivers of Open Data

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Open Data at the World Bank

• The World Bank's Open Data Initiative launched in April, 2010, providing free, open and easy access to development data, and challenging the global community to use the data to create new solutions to address poverty.

• Today, the World Bank's Open Data Catalog includes over 8,000 development indicators for…countries, going back over 50 years, in 5 languages, and is continuously expanding.

• In addition, it contains searchable databases on projects, finances, procurement and other operational activities.

• The World Bank Group is considered a leader in the global open data community, and collaborates actively with other agencies and global partnerships.

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The Growth of Open Data

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The Economic Opportunity

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Open Data Driven Companies

Mexico

Laos, Cambodia, Kenya

Chile

India

Indonesia

USA Emerging Economies

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Open Data Business Models

Suppliers Aggregators Developers Enrichers Enablers

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Open Data Taking Root in Emerging Economies

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Our Open Data Business Survey in India

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A Wide Range of Companies

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Financing Gap

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An Ecosystem of Challenges

Data Policy Capacity Innovation

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Financing

• Think beyond small

• Think ecosystem; not components

• Take a public private approach

• Build a data infrastructure

• Create financial and non-financial instruments

• Acknowledge the perils of data

What Next

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Thank You!

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The End

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