Open Data and the World Bank Open about what we do Open about what we know Open to new engagement Supporting others to be open

Vision is Open Development Open Knowledge Enable researchers, students, local communities to collect and share data, measure results, increase knowledge 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

Launched on April 20, 2010

A year of Open Data data.worldbank.org Over 6 million unique visitors since launch of new multilingual site Improving knowledge through data access and use Mapping for Results All projects geo-coded and mapped with development indicators Improving results, accountability, and local engagement Apps for Development 100 entrants to the first global technology contest of its kind Improving innovation and creating new users and new impacts Finances and operations First multilateral to publish to the International Aid Transparency Initiative Improving transparency

data freely available Open data easy to use and re-use Accessible data easy to find Searchable What is Open Data?

We went from this

To this… data.worldbank.org

In five languages

Legally Open You are free to use our data for commercial and non-commercial purposes at no cost…

Technically Open

Warm response Andrew McLaughlin, Deputy White House Chief Technology Officer: “It’s really fantastic to have the World Bank join -- and now lead -- the global open data movement. It opens huge new possibilities.”

Open about what we know

A collection of “curated” data

By Country

By Topic

By indicator

Microdata from surveys microdata.worldbank.org

And lots more data… Data Catalog: a one- stop listing of data sources Download entire datasets Over 40 global, regional, specialized datasets

Open about what we do

Visualizing project locations

Data on the Bank’s work

Using international open standards

Tools for open data, research, and analysis

Custom queries databank.worldbank.org

Mobile apps

Replicate the calculations to estimate the extent of absolute poverty in the world, including “$1 a day”, and use alternative arameters Calculate head count index, poverty gap index, gini coefficient, Lorenz curve Uses distributional data derived from household surveys PovcalNet iresearch.worldbank.org/povcalnet 1. Select countries and enter parameters 2. Compute indicators

ADePt: from data to report

A free web-based platform for collaborative economic simulations Hosts a variety of economic models: – Global macro model (150+ countries) – Quarterly industrial production - GDP model – Commodity price impact on terms of trade – Impact of oil price on current account balance, etc In-built collaboration mechanisms – Users can work in teams, share results iSimulate isimulate.worldbank.org

Access major international trade and tariff and non-tariff data View trade and protection data using standard and derived nomenclatures (HS, SITC, BEC, ISIC, MTN, etc) Custom queries for multiple countries, products, years, and flows Calculate averages, weighted tariff rates, variability, etc. Perform simulations to analyze impact of tariff changes Check data availability WITS wits.worldbank.org

Visualizing development aid Includes donor and recipient country views of Official Development Assistance flows Uses data from World Bank and OECD

Open to new engagement

Others can do it better!

Apps for Development

And the winners are…

And their apps…

Supporting others to do “open data”

Demand rising for Open Data in countries

And for more and better data: surveys…

Administrative data…

Vital registration systems…

… and trained and equipped statisticians

First year of Open Data: What we’ve learnt

Get clients to the data quickly!

Free data is not free Revenues Investment

But it’s good for business

Language matters to reach clients So what about Hindi?

So what’s next?

Data, tools, supporting clients Better and more detailed data on development New data at sub-national, household and firm levels, new focus on topical data such as poverty, gender, climate change; adding further multilaterals to AidFlows platform Better data on impact and performance Publication of IEG historical project performance ratings, more data on donors finances and projects Better tools to collaborate and engage citizens New platforms for indicators and other datasets, better apps for access via mobile, improved tools for analysis and mapping Support Open Data in developing countries Many countries launching Open Data initiatives: Kenya first country to launch in Sub-Saharan Africa, on July 8 th

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