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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Verhulst, Stefaan author (author), Andrew Young (auth)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : African Minds 2017
2018
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429948506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • part I. Open data for development
  • 2. The relevance of open data for developing economies
  • 3. The impact of open data on developing economies
  • 4. The impact of open data in developing economies across sectors
  • part II. Case studies
  • Open data's impact on improving government. 5. Burundi's open RBF
  • 6. India's ESMI
  • 7. Open Development Cambodia
  • 8. Uganda's iparticipate
  • Open data's impact on empowering citizens. 9. Gottovote! Kenya
  • 10. Tanzania's open education dashboards
  • 11. South Africa's Medicine Price Registry
  • Open data's impact on creating opportunity. 12. Aclímate Colombia
  • 13. Ghana's Esoko
  • 14. Jamaica's Interactive Community Mapping
  • Open data's impact on solving public problems. 15. Nepal earthquake recovery
  • 16. Paraguay's dengue prediction
  • part III. Conclusion
  • 17. Leveraging open data as a new asset for development.