Open Data in Developing Economies: Toward Building an Evidence Base on What Works and How

This volume contains case studies on how open data is impacting the developing world, particularly in fostering development in Burundi, India, Cambodia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Colombia, Ghana, Jamaica, Nepal, and Paraguay, to improve government; empower citizens in terms of voting, education, and health; create opportunity; and solve public problems. It outlines a theory of change based on existing theory and practice that can inform future open data use and research. It considers what makes open data relevant to developing economies, how the impact of open data can be captured and how evidence on what works can be developed, and how open data can be leveraged as a new asset for development. It examines the use of open data for development, including an assessment of the theories and narratives of open data and development, discussion of exchange theory and a logic model of the evidence on open data in developing economies, and an examination of open data's impacts across various development sectors. Distributed in North America by the African Books Collective. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)