At the IDB we are motivated to learn how open source tools for text analytics and other technology can help guide the task of finding relevant knowledge. With that in mind, we teamed up with the Institute for the Future to create SmartReader, a tool to share with others interested in open source collaboration and artificial intelligence. If you have ever worked on a literature … [Read more...] about Meet SmartReader, our open-source text analytics tool
The digital strategy that generated over 10 million downloads
This year, we achieved a milestone at the Inter-American Development Bank: we hit 10 million downloads of our publications available to the public via our knowledge repository, since we began measuring the indicator in 2013. We reached this figure thanks in grand part to our strategy for disseminating knowledge online with communications campaigns, which has driven exponential … [Read more...] about The digital strategy that generated over 10 million downloads
Free software? Open source? We answer your questions
What is open-source software? Is it different than Free Software? And can we trust something "open" to support public services? In our experience promoting the IDB’s Code for Development initiative, we have heard these and similar questions. The dynamic and collaborative nature of the technological ecosystem sometimes contributes to confusion. That is why we seek to clarify … [Read more...] about Free software? Open source? We answer your questions
CrowdLaw: how to design a public participation initiative for lawmaking
[message_box title="" color="blue"] This is Part II of a two-part series by The Governance Lab at the NYU School of Engineering on how to design a public participation initiative for lawmaking. The series is based on “Congress Is Broken; CrowdLaw Could Help Fix It” and “10 Recommendations for Designing Better CrowdLaw Initiatives.” [/message_box] In 2014, Brazil’s … [Read more...] about CrowdLaw: how to design a public participation initiative for lawmaking
CrowdLaw: The Demand for Public Participation in Lawmaking
[message_box title="" color="blue"] This is Part I of a two-part series by The Governance Lab at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, based on two articles on how to promote public participation in lawmaking: “Congress Is Broken; CrowdLaw Could Help Fix It,” which appeared in Forbes January 23, 2018 and “10 Recommendations for Designing Better … [Read more...] about CrowdLaw: The Demand for Public Participation in Lawmaking