Open Data

Open Data

Neil FantomManager, Data [email protected]

2011 Law and Justice Development Week

Washington DC

We use Open Data every day…

We use Open Data every day…

Open Data, Open Knowledge, Open Solutions

Open Knowledge

Work with others to collect, share and analyze data, measure results, increase knowledge

Open Data

Share data on what we know and what we do

Open Solutions

Engage in new ways to find solutions to development problems

April 20, 2010

We went from this

To this - data.worldbank.org

Free, and available in five languages

Legally open

You are free to use our data for commercial and

non-commercial purposes at no cost…

Legally Open

• Terms of Use for data based on a Creative Commons model (with attribution)

• Encourages use and re-use, including for commercial purposes

• Incorporates a list of data excluded from re-use• Requires attribution to World Bank and primary

source• But no endorsement, no association, no

warranties, no liabilities

Technically open

Technically open

Open about what we know

Development indicators

Data from operations

Data from surveys

microdata.worldbank.org

Open about our research and analysis

Open about what we do

Mapping for Results

Finances

Publishing using open standards

Doing well (but more to do)

Aid transparency and effectiveness

Open to new engagement

Partnerships

Innovation

The Winners…

Data collection and feedback

Supporting others to be open

Clients are doing Open Data

Creating new ecosystems around data

Kenya Moldova

But let’s not forget this…

A few of the things we’ve learnt

Free data is not free

Revenues

Investment

But it’s good for the data business

Others can do it better

There’s more Open Data out there

The last thought

A public good for the public good