Open Data
The entire micro dataset of the Global Financial Inclusion (Global
Findex) has been published on the Open Data Microdata Library.
However, as Alanna Shaikh discussed on the blog Blood and Milk, data
is not information; information is what data turns into after you analyze
it.
Development Gateway and
Transparencia por Colombia
have visually
mapped development projects, transparency at the local level, and poverty
rates in Colombia to see how well they relate to each other.
Kenya used
crowdsourcing to respond to the transportation strike in Nairobi, and is
not the first time crowdsourcing has been used as a social welfare tool in this
African country. However, the Kenya open data initiative seems to have hit
a road block even though it has seen an increase of over 200 datasets since
last year.
The Open Knowledge Foundation is creating a crowd-sourced
book, The Open Book, on the international
open knowledge movement and is
requesting contributions on what key events, inventions or decisions have
contributed to this movement.
Transparency
Devex interviewed David Hall-Matthews of Publish What You
Fund on why
complying with IATI standards will actually make things easier for NGOs,
development consultancies, and other partners.
The OECD DAC’s recent High
Level Meeting highlighted the importance of transparency. Rachel Rank responds
to the references made throughout the meeting on aidinfo’s website.
According to a recent
survey in Britain, increased transparency might help bring in some extra
dollars to charities. The survey
suggests that half of the respondents are put off from giving because they
think charities aren’t clear about how donations are spent.
Aid Effectiveness
California Representative Howard Berman submitted
to US congress the Global Partnerships Act of 2012, which would change the
US aid system to focus on mutually agreed goals instead of the emphasis on
donor-recipient ties, increase accountability and oversight, and eliminate
duplication.
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