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The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (web.idrc.ca).

The funding for this work has been provided through the World Wide Web Foundation 'Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries' research project, supported by grant 107075 from Canada’s International Development

Research Centre (web.idrc.ca). Find out more at www.opendataresearch.org/emergingimpacts

Developers for DevelopmentJanuary 27th - 28th, Montréal, Canada

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Presentation outline

1. Taking stock: the global picture

2. Research & capacity building

3. Critical findings and questions

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Part 1

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A global picture

55% of surveyed countries had an open data policy of some form

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A global picture

71 out of 1078datasets surveyed

as open data

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A global picture

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A global picture

71 out of 1078datasets surveyed

as open data

Census and trade data most likely to be

open.

Land ownership, company registers

and public transport at the bottom of the

table.

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A global picture

(out of 10)

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Part 2

Research and capacity building

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Research & capacity building

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The case study network...17 cases selected in response to an open call for proposals - all studying the use of

open data for decision making and governance.

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Research & capacity building

Shared framework, local focus

BudgetBudget AidAid EducationEducation SanitationSanitation ……

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Research & capacity building

Taken from Mokua, E., & Chiliswa, Z. (2013). Strengthening bottom-up social accountability: citizen participation in national & county governance. Nairobi, Kenya. Preliminary data collection in large scale national survey (n=2,500) with a broader question set - currently being followed by in-depth survey and interviews focussed directly on open data.

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Research & capacity building

Open data

Culture changeOrganisational practice

Data systemsProcedures

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Based on work by Gisele Craviero, GPOPAI. See http://www.opendataresearch.org/project/2013/gpopai for more details

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Part 3

Critical (early) findings and questions

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1: Unpacking the open definition

• Proactive publication

• Machine readability

• Explicit open license

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2: Supply and demand

*I couldn’t come up with a good diagram for this slide. Ideas to @timdavies

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3: Innovation in intermediation

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Future…

First phase ODDC findings due Summer 2014

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