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Open Data at the World Bank

Open about what we doOpen about what we knowOpen to new engagement

Supporting others to be open

I. Overview of the Open Data Initiative

II. A tour of the World Bank Open Data site

III. Data Tools

IV. What we’ve learned

Agenda

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Motivation

• Part of a broader move, including new Access to Information Policy

• Aim is to stimulate use of development data to help solve development problems

• Builds on global Open Data initiatives

Open Development

Open Knowledge

Enable researchers, students, local communities to collect data, measure results, increase knowledge

Open Data

Share tools and essential information on the global economy and Bank’s operations

Open Solutions

Work together to find solutions to development problems

Open Data: Legally Open

You are free to use our data for commercial and

non-commercial purposes at no cost…

Users are encouraged to use the data and share with third parties.

You can use it freely

You can re-use it freely

You can redistribute it freely

We ask for attribution

For commercial and non-commercial purposes

Open Data: Terms of Use

It’s data that’s technically open

You can search for it and find it easily onlineIt’s available in an editable electronic format or an API

Open Data: Technically Open

xls, json, txt, csv, xml, html,

doc, API, odt, ods etc.PDF, images (JPG, GIF,

PNG), other proprietary formats.

World Bank Open Data Initiative• data.worldbank.org• Launched by Robert Zoellick

in April 2010• +11 million visits since launch• Internationally acclaimed• 1/3 of all web traffic at the

World Bank is for open data• Over 85 major datasets listed

in the catalog. 8,000+ indicators

• Acts as a central index and starting place for all data across the bank

New data.worldbank.org

In five languages

Data By Country & Region

New country pages

Data By Topic

Data By Topic

Metadata

Data by Indicators

See the data

Chart an indicator

Map an indicator

Map an indicator

How can you use this?

Justin Lin using Open Data when communicating: http://bit.ly/w6kWv3

Here’s an example

Embed tables, charts, maps

Widgets for blog posts and sites

Easy to share

Data catalog

• One-stop listing of sources• Download entire dataset,

access query tool• Global, regional,

specialized datasets• 40+ data compilations

– 30 datasets included in DataBank, 8000+ indicators

– 20 datasets accessible through an API, 5895+ indicators

– 1200 indicators in multiple languages

microdata.worldbank.org

Documentation

Documentation

Quick data results through search

External applications use World Bank data

Google Public Data Explorer

In 37 languages…!

• Second most popular data section• 150 downloads per month

DataBank usage

Create custom queries

8,000+ indicators in DataBank

New DataBank Quicker and simpler access to data

Secured user login for saving and sharing

Widgets for blogs and sites

Social Media Integration

iPad compatibility

English, French, Spanish, Chinese Arabic (in 2 months)

Save and share reports, charts, maps

Enhanced visualizations

Widgets for blogs and sites

World Bank Jobs portal using DataBank widgets

Other products and tools

Central location for data books, CDs, visualization tools,mobile applications

DataFinder 3.0mobile app for iPad/iPhone, Android, BlackBerry

Android

Data Visualizer: Bubble charts

devdata.worldbank.org/DataVisualizer/

Build for re-use

Data Portals

Open Data API

Widgets from the Data Visualizer

Widgets from the DataBank

Analytical Tools

PovcalNETanalyze poverty data

using different poverty lines and for

different country aggregates

Adeptautomate and

standardize the production of

analytical reports using survey datasets

wbopendatadirect access to latest version of the Bank’s data

through the Stata interface

Creating incentives for data use

• First global competition to create innovative software applications for development

• Must use some World Bank data, and address one of the MDGs

• Aim is to bring together software developers and development practitioners

• Apps for Climate aims to bring together the best ideas from scientists, application developers, civil society organizations, and development practitioners

Engage with users

Link to social media

Widgets for blog posts and sites

Respond to feedback

Data support

Thank you!

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