1. Why Open Access is Right for the World Bank
Carlos Rossel, Publisher, The World Bank
Open Access Africa
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
November 5, 2012

2. Why Open Access is Right for the World Bank
It wasn’t always so
It’s Mission Driven
It’s Cutting Edge
It makes us Relevant
It makes us Open and Transparent
It makes us Accountable
It makes us Results Driven
It Works

3. It Wasn’t Always So It wasn’t always so
“The Bank needs to exploit the commercial potential of its publications” – Publisher’s Job Description, January 2008

4. World Bank Mission Statement
Our Dream is a World Free of Poverty
To fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results To help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sector

5. New Direction: Democratizing Development
“We need to do development differently” Robert Zoellick, President, The World Bank Group
New Direction: Democratizing Development
We need to throw open the doors, recognizing that others can find and create their own solutions. And this open research revolution is underway. We need to recognize that development knowledge is no longer the sole province of the researcher, the scholar, or the ivory tower. The aim is to open the treasure chest of the World Bank’s data and knowledge to every village health care worker, every researcher, everyone.
Georgetown University, September 2010

6. Conflict & Failed States Early Childhood Education
Health
Gender Equity
Jobs
Old Age Security
Early Childhood Education
Climate Change
Investment Climate

7. The Treasure Chest of World Bank Knowledge
Conflict & Failed States
Early Childhood Education
Gender Equity
The Treasure Chest
of World Bank Knowledge
Investment Climate
Climate Change
Jobs
Old Age Security
Health

8. THE WORLD BANK OPEN AGENDA
Embracing Openness
Open About
What We Know
(Data and Knowledge)
What We Do
(Operations and Results)
How We Work
(Partnerships for Openness)
Promote
Open Government
(Transparency, Accountability)
THE WORLD BANK OPEN AGENDA

9. Four Pillars of the World Bank’s Open Agenda
1. Access to Information
Moved from positive to negative list
Except for small list of exceptions, documents and reports are available
Millions pages viewed since July 2010
Open About What We Do
(Operations and Results)
“The World Bank’s Access to Information Policy is
the gold standard for financial institutions…”
− Chad Dobson, Bank Information Center

10. Access to Information – Website

11. Access to Information – iPad App

12. Four Pillars of the World Bank’s Open Agenda
Access to Information
Open Data
Open About What We Know
(Data and Knowledge)
Open About What We Do
(Operations and Results)

13. Open Data Portal

14. Open Data: Mapping for Results Portal

15. Unique Visitors
Total Visits
Pages Viewed

16. Four Pillars of the World Bank’s Open Agenda
Access to Information
Open Data
Open Access Policy
Creative Commons Licensing
Open About What We Know
(Data and Knowledge)
Open About What We Do
(Operations and Results)

17. Our Conflict

18. Dissemination of Print Books
(Thousands)

19. “Followers” on Social Media
(Thousands)

20. Dissemination of Print and Electronic
Same Content
Different Channels
(Millions)

21. Strategic Review of World Bank Publications
Create a cutting edge publishing model
that fully embraces free and open access,
with a particular emphasis on electronic dissemination + =
Open Access Publishing

22. Weekly average: 8,604 Documents Downloaded
Weekly Downloads
Weekly average: 8,604 Documents Downloaded
Large increase in October in number of downloads, doubling from September across all collections

23. Monthly Downloads
Monthly average: 36,874 Documents Downloaded; 42% from Developing Countries

24. 258,117 Downloads (58% developed, 42% developing countries)
Total Downloads
258,117 Downloads (58% developed, 42% developing countries)
Large increase in October in number of downloads, doubling from September across all collections

25. Top 30 Countries, by Downloads

26. Timeline of Content Added
Total: Over 9,900 documents
Additional legacy content to be added in 2013

27. Timeline of Repository Development and Addition of Content
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
2012
Content: Import of 1,000 externally published journal articles
OKR launches with 3,000 research outputs and knowledge products from 2008 to present
November
Content: Import of 3,000 legacy publications from 2005 to 2008
President Kim takes office
Access to Information policy implemented
Development: New custom workflow engine
Content: Import of 2,800+ Knowledge Notes from 2005 to 2008
Inclusion of Global Financial Development Report 2013
Inclusion of Doing Business 2013
Inclusion of World Development Report 2013
New functionality: Author Profiles
New functionality: Enhanced download statistics, and citations reporting

28. Sustainable Open Access Publishing in a Mission-Driven, Non-Profit Institution
Content. Lots of good content
Strong brand
Enabling authorizing environment
OA Policy / CC Licensing / Publishing Policy
Client oriented
Agile
Competitive
Focus on customers
Innovative
Entrepreneurial
Really good people
Luck
You need a steady stream of

29. The Currency of Open Access Publishing
Development
Impact

31. Next Steps Network with, and learn from, the OA community
Partner with other institutions for repository interoperability
South-South knowledge exchange
South-North knowledge exchange
Develop Open Educational Resources
Advocate for Open Access
Where we can add value, help develop OA capacity
You need a steady stream of

32. Why Open Access is Right for the World Bank
It’s Mission Driven
It’s Cutting Edge
It makes us Relevant
It makes us Open and Transparent
It makes us Accountable
It makes us Results Driven
It Works
If you’re a mission-driven, non-profit institution
open access is right for you too

34. Carlos Rossel, Publisher, The World Bank
Thank You!
Carlos Rossel, Publisher, The World Bank