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 midd...

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Autor principal: Verhulst, Stefaan (Stefaan G.) (Autor)
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Col·lecció:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Sumari: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.
Descripció de l’ítem:Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Descripció física:1 online resource (284 pages): illustrations, maps
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781928331605
Accés:Open Access