Open Data Challenges and Opportunities for National Statistical Offices
Open Data initiatives are transforming how governments and other public institutions interact and provide services to their constituents. They increase transparency and value to citizens, reduce inefficiencies and barriers to information, enable...
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| Format: | Other Public Sector Study |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19791395/open-data-challenges-opportunities-national-statistical-offices-open-data-challenges-opportunities-national-statistical-offices http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19984 |
| Summary: | Open Data initiatives are
transforming how governments and other public institutions
interact and provide services to their constituents. They
increase transparency and value to citizens, reduce
inefficiencies and barriers to information, enable
data-driven applications that improve public service
delivery, and provide public data that can stimulate
innovative business opportunities. As the gatekeepers of
official statistics, National Statistics Offices (NSOs)
produce many datasets that could typically comprise the
foundation of an Open Data program. They may also have
relationships with other data producing agencies in the
national statistical system and have expertise in dealing
with the many technical and data quality issues attendant in
publishing data. In short, they are extremely well placed to
make a valuable contribution to Open Data initiatives.
Despite these advantages, NSOs do not always feature
prominently in government-sponsored Open Data programs and
they may be missing an important opportunity to expand the
use and re-use of the data they produce. The goal of this
working paper is to better understand the opportunities and
challenges that Open Data presents to NSOs and to identify
what steps and solutions are needed to enable NSOs to play a
valuable role in national or sub-national Open Data initiatives. |
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