Earlier this year, the global campaign for aid transparency “Publish What you Fund” released the 2018 Aid Transparency Index. The report compares 45 major international donors in relation to how they provided the public with information about their work in the past year across 36 indicators in 5 areas: organizational planning and commitments, finance and budgets, project … [Read more...] about How can development organizations improve their open data for aid transparency?
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More or better investment? What data tells us on how to close the infrastructure gap in Latin America and the Caribbean
Leer blogpost en español By Tomás Serebrisky, Ancor Suárez-Alemán, Cinthya Pastor and Andreas Wohlhueter from the Infrastructure and Energy Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank Recent data from INFRALATAM (2017) – the open data portal about economic infrastructure investment in the region, developed by the IDB, the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), and … [Read more...] about More or better investment? What data tells us on how to close the infrastructure gap in Latin America and the Caribbean
Open Data in Developing Economies: How Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are Embracing a New Asset for Development
As we mentioned on the previous post, The GovLab report "Open Data in Developing Economies: Toward Building an Evidence Base on What Works and How," seeks to increase our understanding of the specific benefits of open data for countries with lower incomes, the impacts of open data on development processes, and above all, to understand what conditions can help create positive … [Read more...] about Open Data in Developing Economies: How Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are Embracing a New Asset for Development
Open Data in Developing Economies: Translating Learning into Practice
In Brazil, parents, teachers and school officials can freely access useful data on schools’ educational spending, enrollment test scores, and amenities like innovative classroom technologies. The information available through QEdu provides the type of information that can help school personnel implement more evidence-based reforms, and help parents better understand … [Read more...] about Open Data in Developing Economies: Translating Learning into Practice
Data Collaboratives: exchanging data to create public value across Latin America and the Caribbean
Data is playing an ever-increasing role in bolstering businesses across Latin America - and the rest of the word. In Brazil, Mexico and Colombia alone, the revenue from Big Data is calculated at more than US$603.7 million, a market that is only set to increase as more companies across Latin America and the Caribbean embrace data-driven strategies to enhance their bottom-line. … [Read more...] about Data Collaboratives: exchanging data to create public value across Latin America and the Caribbean