1. Open Data at the World Bank A public good for the public good Neil Fantom

2. Vision is 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 Solutions Work together to find solutions to development problems

3. data freely available Open data easy to use and re-use Accessible data easy to find Searchable Open Data

4. April 20, 2010

5. We went from this

6. To this… data.worldbank.org

7. In five languages

8. Data catalog with full downloads

9. We’ve developed new apps

10. And provided new data maps.worldbank.org Project locations geo-referenced on a pilot basis from publicly available documents Basis for displaying projects on maps New “Mapping for Results” application allows overlay with other indicators, such as those for measuring the MDGs

11. Latest addition: survey microdata microdata.worldbank.org

12. 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.”

13. What we’ve learnt about implementing Open Data

14. Free data is not free Revenues Investment

15. But it’s good for business

16. Data “curation” matters

17. Data licensing matters Creative Commons Zero is a good model (CC0): no copyright, public domain Encourage use and re-use, including for commercial purposes Require attribution to primary and secondary sources Main usual exclusions: no endorsement, association, warranty, liability Need special terms for “raw” data collected under confidentiality agreements

18. It’s not about developing a pretty website

19. Others can reach users better

20. Create incentives for intermediaries First global competition to create innovative software applications for development Must use some World Bank data, and address one of the MDGs Aim: bring together software developers and development practitioners

21. Open Data brings new opportunities

22. The winning apps…

23. Guiding future development Open Data is good for the data and official statistics business But some countries and partners face obstacles to adopting an Open Data policy: – Data access restrictions for some datasets – Capacity and incentives – Technical barriers – Open Data not prioritized in NSDSs Working together, and through PARIS21, we can make progress

24. A public good for the public good