Open Data in Developing Economies: Toward Building an Evidence Base on What Works and How

by Stefaan G. Verhulst, Andrew Young

Overview

Recent years have witnessed considerable speculation about the potential of open data to bring about wide-scale transformation. The bulk of existing evidence about the impact of open data, however, focuses on high-income countries. Much less is known about open data’s role and value in low- and middle-income countries, and more generally about its possible contributions to economic and social development. Open Data for Developing Economies features in-depth case studies on how open data is having an impact across the developing world-from an agriculture initiative in Colombia to data-driven healthcare projects in Uganda and South Africa to crisis response in Nepal. The analysis built on these case studies aims to create actionable intelligence regarding: (a) the conditions under which open data is most (and least) effective in development, presented in the form of a Periodic Table of Open Data; (b) strategies to maximize the positive contributions of open data to development; and (c) the means for limiting open data’s harms on developing countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781928331599
Publisher:	African Minds
Publication date:	11/24/2017
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations



Chapter 1 Introduction



PART I: OPEN DATA FOR DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 2 The Relevance of Open Data for Developing Economies

Chapter 3 The Impact of Open Data on Developing Economies

Chapter 4 The Impact of Open Data in Developing Economies across Sectors



PART II: CASE STUDIES

Open Data’s Impact on Improving Government

Chapter 5 Burundi’s Open RBF

Chapter 6 India’s ESMI

Chapter 7 Open Development Cambodia

Chapter 8 Uganda’s iParticipate



Open Data’s Impact on Empowering Citizens

Chapter 9 GotToVote! Kenya

Chapter 10 Tanzania’s Open Education Dashboards

Chapter 11 South Africa’s Medicine Price Registry



Open Data’s Impact on Creating Opportunity

Chapter 12 Acl.mate Colombia

Chapter 13 Ghana’s Esoko

Chapter 14 Jamaica’s Interactive Community Mapping



Open Data’s Impact on Solving Public Problems

Chapter 15 Nepal Earthquake Recovery

Chapter 16 Paraguay’s Dengue Prediction



PART III: CONCLUSION

Chapter 17 Leveraging Open Data as a New Asset for Development



Appendix A: Input Received