Open Data in Developing Economies : Toward Building an Evidence Base on What Works and How / / Stefaan G. Verhulst and Andrew Young.
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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Place / Publishing House: | Baltimore, Maryland : : Project Muse,, 2018 ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 2018 |
Language: | English |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (286 pages) :; illustrations |
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Summary: | 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. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 1928331602 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Stefaan G. Verhulst and Andrew Young. |