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Open Access and the World Bank:data, research and publications
MIRJANA POPOVIĆThe World Bank
Open Development
What, Why and How
Open About What We
Know(Data,
Research and Knowledge)
Open About What We Do (Operations, Finances and
Results)
Open About How We Work (Partnerships for Openness)
Open Government
(Transparency,
Accountability)
What is Open Development?
Why: A New Social Contract
Connected globe Greater
aid scrutiny
Wisdom of the crowd
Engaged civil
society
Freedom of
information
Multi-polar world
The Response (July 2010 – December 2011)
• 24,000 new documents disclosed to the public on the Documents and Reports website
• Users viewed more than 6.8 million pages and downloaded 1.3 million documents
• 1.6 million visits to the Documents and Reports website
• 1,060 public information requests were made to the Bank (89.6% of the requests received were fulfilled)
• 76 million visits to the Open Data website*
• 75,000 visits to the Open Finances website**
* April 2010 – September 2012, ** July 2011 – April 2012
Open Data
•data freely available
Open
•data easy to use and re-use
Accessible
•data easy to find
Searchable
What is Open Data?
Everything changed in April 2010
Before… After…
Subscriptions Free!
Custom query tool
New website, downloads, API
Restrictions on use Minimal restrictions on use
English +Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese
Not searchable Searchable
Scattered datasets Data catalog
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.
It’s data that is legally open
You can use it freely
You can re-use it freely
You can redistribute it freely
Use it for commercial and non-commercial
purposesIt may require that you attribute the publisher when the data
is used. All of the above should be clear in a usage license or terms of use
Anybody can take your data, repackage & recombine it and sell it.
Open Data: Legally Open
HOW TO FIND DATA
data.worldbank.org
In five languages
English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese
Data By Country & Region
Data By Country
Data By Topic
Data by Indicators
Finances, Mapping & Projects
• Raw data and packaged views of:
– IBRD loans, IDA credits, IDA grants
– IBRD, IDA financial statements
– Financial Intermediary Funds (FiFs)
– Administrative Budget
– Trust Funds
World Bank Finances
https://finances.worldbank.org
#WBFinances
A resource for your questions about the World Bank’s financial activities
As BorrowerHow many World Bank loans and credits for your country?
As Grant RecipientWhich grants does your country get from the Bank?
As DonorWhich Bank-managed trust funds does your country contribute to?
As MemberWhat’s your country’s voting power at the Bank?
Analyze and visualize data with easy-to-use tools
What Data on Serbia
Geo-Mapping for Results: visualizing Bank projects
Projects and Operations
Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)
Open Access Policy
Open Access Policy
Creative Commons
Open Knowledge Repository
July 2012
April 2012
April 2012
Links
http://data.worldbank.orghttps://openknowledge.worldbank.orgwww.worldbank.orgwww.worldbank.rs
Thank you. Hvala