The Big Mash Up or The Future of International Data The World Bank’s Open Data Initiative Eric Swanson Development Data Group The World Bank July 2010

Changing the Bank’s data business The Open Data Initiative

Open Data Initiative On April 20 th, the World Bank announced a new policy on access to its data bases

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

Open Data Phase 1  Free access to over 2,000 key indicators  Application Programming Interface (API) for software developers  Web site with new data views and search facilities, and  Multilingual access to data (300+ indicators in English, French, Spanish, Arabic) New business model New terms of use New tools

Remove obstacles to use and reuse of data Reach new audiences Create new applications using new technologies Foster innovation Encourage partners to open their databases and share data Expand data resources Open Data Objectives

New site: 13,500 unique visitors/day Increasing access

1.6 million+ page views 85,000+ video views 250,000+ unique visitors 20,000+ inbound links 80,000+ downloaded files subscriptions Some stats

New terms of use Broadly consistent with Creative Commons 3.0 “Attribution Only” license No association No endorsement No warranties Exclusions by data suppliers may apply

New Web site: data.worldbank.org

Multilingual indicator lists

New data search tool

Media reactions: development community

Media reactions: technical community

The challenges ahead Beyond Open Data

Open Solutions Use challenges (including “Apps 4 Development”) to explore for new solutions Encourage communities of practice and expertise Provide on-line collaboration tools Create showcase for applications based on Open Knowledge and Open Data Open Knowledge Develop catalog of searchable research products Operational knowledge products (AAA) Working papers and published reports Tools (e.g. ADePT, PovCalNet, Isimulate, WITS, IHSN Toolkit) Software (shared source code for some tools) WB expert directory Open Data Expand Data Catalog to include research datasets, DIME datasets, and available survey datasets Translate and apply multilingual tagging of new datasets for inclusion in Data Search function Include additional time series data in the DataBank (for custom data retrieval) Upgrade Application Programming Interface Realizing the Open Agenda

Apps 4 Development Challenge Global competition to promote applications that use the Bank’s Open Data to explore, explain, understand the challenges of development Bring together programmers, statisticians, and development specialists Expecting visualization tools, “mash-ups” with other data sources, etc. Formal launch October 2010 Prizes awarded April 2011

Most interesting app to date?

More data needed Climate change: impacts and adaptation Crime, conflict, and violence Wealth and sustainable growth Human and physical capital stocks and natural resources Value added in services by sector

Better quality data

Access to micro data

Standards for data exchange

More information on the World Bank’s data programs Open Data data.worldbank.org International Household Survey Network surveynetwork.org Bulletin Board on Statistical Capacity go.worldbank.org/3J9X57XKY0 or search for BBSCwww.worldbank.org

PS: The original mash up………