Motivation Part of a broader move, including new Access to Information Policy Aim is to stimulate use of development data to help solve development problems Builds on global Open Data initiatives
Open Development Open Knowledge Enable researchers, students, local communities to collect data, measure results, increase knowledge Open Data Share tools and essential information on the global economy and Bank’s operations Open Data Share tools and essential information on the global economy and Bank’s operations Open Solutions Work together to find solutions to development problems
Open Data: Legally Open You are free to use our data for commercial and non-commercial purposes at no cost…
Users are encouraged to use the data and share with third parties. You can use it freely You can re-use it freely You can redistribute it freely We ask for attribution For commercial and non-commercial purposes Open Data: Terms of Use
It’s data that’s technically open You can search for it and find it easily online It’s available in an editable electronic format or an API Open Data: Technically Open xls, json, txt, csv, xml, html, doc, API, odt, ods etc. PDF, images (JPG, GIF, PNG), other proprietary formats.
New data.worldbank.org
Data site’s Home, Country, Indicator and Topic pages are available in five corporate languages Content for 24 country pages is accessible in 17 local languages Multi-Lingual
Five languages English | Español | Français | العربية | 中文
Data By Country & Region
New Country Pages
Country Page Localization
Data By Topic
Data by Topic
Data by Indicators
See the data
Access Metadata
Chart an indicator
Map an indicator by points
Map an indicator by shade
Embed tables, charts, maps as a widget in a blog or a website
How can you use this? Justin Lin using Open Data when communicating:
Easy to share via social media
Data catalog One-stop listing of sources Download entire dataset, access query tool Global, regional, specialized datasets Search based on synonyms and acronyms – 160 datasets included in DataBank, indicators – 80+ datasets accessible through an API indicators
Databases in API format
Build for re-use
microdata.worldbank.org
Accessing Questionnaires
Documentation
Quick data results through search
External applications use World Bank data
New DataBank Quicker and simpler access to data Secured user login for saving and sharing Widgets for blogs and sites Social Media Integration iPad compatibility English, French, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic
Create custom queries
Save and share reports, charts, maps
Enhanced visualizations
Data Portals
Use of Tableau for Dashboards
Other products and tools Central location for data books, CDs, visualization tools, mobile applications
DataFinder 4.0 mobile apps for iPad/iPhone and Android
Analytical Tools PovcalNET analyze poverty data using different poverty lines and for different country aggregates Adept automate and standardize the production of analytical reports using survey datasets wbopendata direct access to latest version of the Bank’s data through the Stata interface
Data support
Contact us
Engaged with users Link to social media Widgets for blog posts and sites Respond to feedback