On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") of the European Union (EU) entered into force and propelled various Latin American countries to reform and update their local data protection regimes. Brazil, for instance, put together a comprehensive data protection regulation mirroring EU laws despite not having a previous regulation in … [Read more...] about Data privacy reform gains momentum in Latin America
Open Data
How do open data leaders stack up? A look at the Open Data Barometer, Leaders Edition
Abierto al Público interviewed Carlos Iglesias, the senior research manager for Open Data at the World Wide Web Foundation. The WWWF produces the Open Data Barometer, a leading source of analysis on the status of open data around the world. We asked him about this year´s new edition to get some insights related to Latin America and leadership in open data. What’s new in this … [Read more...] about How do open data leaders stack up? A look at the Open Data Barometer, Leaders Edition
How can development organizations improve their open data for aid transparency?
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?
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