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February 19, 2013

“Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries” launched by World Wide Web Foundation and IDRC

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‘Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries‘ (ODDC), a two-year research programme co-ordinated by the World Wide Web Foundation and established with funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada) was launched on February 19, 2013.

The core research objectives of this project aim to:

  • Support critical evaluation of the claims made for the benefits of open data;

  • Identify strategies through which open data can be employed as a tool of pro-poor and sustainable development;

  • Identify unintended consequences of open data policies and practices, and highlight strategies to mitigate these;

  • Identify the mechanisms through which open data can bring about change, and the factors that affect their successful operation, paying particular attention to the wider institutional, political and social systems in which open data use is embedded;

  • Inform the significant investments of money and time being put into open data by national governments, funders, multilateral institutions and grassroots groups, and contribute to the efficient and effective targeting of resources, based on reasonable expectations about the potential returns from open data.

For more information visit: http://www.opendataresearch.org/