Presentation delivered at the launch event of the St. Lucia Open Data Readiness Assessment (ODRA) in Castries, June 5, 2014.

1. Open Data @ the World Bank
Anat Lewin
@anatlewin
alewin@worldbank.org

2. World Bank Open Data Platform
• The World Bank's Open Data Initiative
launched in April, 2010, providing free, open
and easy access to development data, and
challenging the global community to use the
data to create new solutions to address
poverty.
• Today, the World Bank's Open Data Catalog
includes over 8,000 development indicators,
of which 1,400 for 252 countries and 36
aggregate groupings, going back over 50
years, in 5 languages, and is continuously
expanding.

3. World Bank Open Data Platform

4. In Five Languages

5. Data Catalog
• One-stop listing of sources
• Download entire dataset,
access query tool
• Global, regional, specialized
datasets
• 40+ data compilations
– 20 datasets included in
dataBank, 8000 indicators
– 11 datasets accessible through
an API, 3000+ indicators
– 1400 indicators in multiple
languages

6. Data.Worldbank.Org/Country/St-Lucia

7. Economic Value of Open Data
• McKinsey research indicates that seven sectors
could generate more than $3 trillion a year
globally as a result of open data (McKinsey)
• Governments have a central role to play as
sources of open data and as regulators
• Over 40 countries have Open Government Data
sites
• Over 1 million data sets have been opened
• Given rise to hundreds of entrepreneurial
businesses
McKinsey & Company. Open data: Unlocking innovation and performance with liquid information, October 2013.

8. Data.Gov.In – 7,804 Datasets

9. Data.Gc.Ca – 206,124 Datasets

10. OpenData.Go.Ke – 547 Datasets

11. Data.Gov.Md – 746 Datasets
Launched: April 2011
Upgraded: February 2014, v3.0
Number of datasets: 746
Externally hosted applications: 19
Publishing institutions: 38
Most active: Ministry of Health &
Ministry of the Interior
Open Source Platform CKAN &
Drupal. Agencies upload raw data
directly onto the portal.
Number of unique visitors:
~ 3,000/month
Number of downloads:
~ 7,000 – 10,000/month

12. World
Wide Web
Foundation
Open Data
Index
• 61 countries, 14 indicators
• No countries in the Caribbean
included
http://webfoundation.org/2012/09/introducing-the-open-
data-index, September 2013

13. The Open Data Index is an initiative of the Open Knowledge
Foundation that assesses the state of open government data
around the World (October 2013). Its Open Data Census is based
on contributions from open data advocates around the world.
http://national.census.okfn.org

14.  Afghanistan
 Antigua and
Barbuda
 Burkina Faso
 Ghana
 Indonesia
 Kenya
 Macedonia
 Malawi
 Mexico
 Moldova
 Mongolia
 Macedonia
 Nigeria (Edo)
 Nepal
 Paraguay
 Peru
 Philippines
 Tanzania
 Rwanda
 Russia
(Ulyanovsk)
Planned for 2014
 Botswana
 Brazil
 Costa Rica
 Dominican
Republic
 El Salvador
 Eastern
Caribbean
 El Salvador
 Ethiopia
 India
 Mauritius
 Morocco
 Senegal
 Singapore
 Sri Lanka
 Trinidad &
Tobago
 Tunisia
 Uruguay
 Zambia
World Bank Open Data Technical Assistance

15. Open Government Data Toolkit
The Toolkit is designed to
help governments plan
and implement an open
government data
program, while avoiding
common pitfalls.
http://data.worldbank.org/open-government-data-toolkit

16. Open Data Readiness Assessment
• The ODRA is a tool designed to build a
plan of action for Open Data, custom-
tailored to a country, subnational
government, city or sector
• It is a set of questions on 8 subjects
that we consider necessary for a
successful Open Data Initiative
• The output is an action plan and a
report that provides
recommendations for the particular
client
• It is not a ranking exercise.

17. ODRA Methodology
Eight Pillars
(1) Leadership
(2) Policy / Legal Framework
(3) Institutional Structure
(4) Data within Government
(5) Demand / Citizen
Engagement
(6) Open Data Ecosystem
(7) Financing
(8) Technology and Skills
Infrastructure
5 6 7 8

18. Antigua ODRA Findings
Institutional recommendations
 Political case for Open Data needs to be
developed and agreed by Cabinet
 A clear political leader needs to be
empowered on behalf of government
 Policies, licensing, pricing need to be
developed
 Staged release of data, starting with
quick wins and leveraging existing
projects
 Potential data users need to be
engaged in dialogue on what data they
want
 Leverage regional initiatives
Data release recommendations
• Stage 1: Quick win data sets include weather,
education data needing minimal reformatting
• Stage 2: Data requiring additional work to
mash up with maps include disaster
management, business identifiers (Inland
Revenue), registers of professionals (doctors,
lawyers, vets, architects) and property prices.
• Stage 3: Data requiring some work for
publication include government budget and
spending data, tourism data, census data.
• Stage 4: Data requiring policy work prior to
publication include land registration and
government procurement data.
• Stage 5: Data requiring digitization include
Company Register, Agriculture, and Health.
http://www.ab.gov.ag/article_details.php?id=4222&category=114

19. Analytical Work

20. Meet the Team

21. Thank you
@anatlewin
alewin@worldbank.org
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