The Expanding Role for Open Data in Burkina Faso : Program Gains Wider Use in the Transitional Government

The widening drive to provide open data in the public sector has taken a new turn in Burkina Faso. Open data has always been recognized as an enabler of economic development and government transparency. But in October 2014, when a popular uprising...

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Main Authors:	Melhem, Samia, Rifon Perez, Axel
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	SKILLS COMMUNITIES TECHNOLOGY ELECTIONS PROCUREMENT DIGITAL ERA TRANSPARENCY SOFTWARE RESULTS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY TOOLS GOVERNMENT SEARCHABLE DATABASE INFORMATION SERVICES SEARCHING DECISION MAKING CAPACITY BUILDING CONTENT PROJECTS SERVICE QUALITY INTERNET MEDIA GENERAL PUBLIC E-GOVERNMENT LITERACY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE ICT NATIONAL ELECTIONS DATA TRAINING DOCUMENT INNOVATION GOVERNMENT DATA STANDARD WEBSITE COMMUNICATION DIGITAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TECHNICAL STANDARD DATABASE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROCESS STANDARDS ELECTION WEB PAGE PRACTICE PRIVATE SECTORS TECHNICAL STANDARDS GOVERNMENT SERVICES PUBLISHING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24441438/expanding-role-open-data-burkina-faso-program-gains-wider-use-transitional-government http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22300

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spelling	okr-10986-223002021-04-23T14:04:08Z The Expanding Role for Open Data in Burkina Faso : Program Gains Wider Use in the Transitional Government Melhem, Samia Rifon Perez, Axel SKILLS COMMUNITIES TECHNOLOGY ELECTIONS PROCUREMENT DIGITAL ERA TRANSPARENCY SOFTWARE RESULTS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY TOOLS GOVERNMENT SEARCHABLE DATABASE INFORMATION SERVICES SEARCHING DECISION MAKING CAPACITY BUILDING CONTENT PROJECTS SERVICE QUALITY INTERNET MEDIA GENERAL PUBLIC E-GOVERNMENT LITERACY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE ICT NATIONAL ELECTIONS DATA TRAINING DOCUMENT INNOVATION GOVERNMENT DATA STANDARD WEBSITE COMMUNICATION DIGITAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TECHNICAL STANDARD DATABASE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROCESS STANDARDS ELECTION WEB PAGE PRACTICE PRIVATE SECTORS TECHNICAL STANDARDS GOVERNMENT SERVICES PUBLISHING The widening drive to provide open data in the public sector has taken a new turn in Burkina Faso. Open data has always been recognized as an enabler of economic development and government transparency. But in October 2014, when a popular uprising ousted Burkina Faso’s long-standing leader and established a transitional government, the country’s nascent Burkina open data initiative (BODI) took on new life as an enabler of the transition. With support from the ODI and the World Bank, BODI had debuted just four months before the uprising, showcasing about 50 data sets of government information and an app that focused on education. In the months since then, the development of BODI has only accelerated, with more staff, more data sets posted, and new applications launched or planned. Under the transitional government, BODI has expanded with a web page for finding data on government contract awards and a program to help track and manage the country’s persistent drought problems. And BODI envisions a polling-place finder and reporting of vote totals as ways to support turnout and transparency for the scheduled October 2015 national elections. 2015-07-28T16:30:43Z 2015-07-28T16:30:43Z 2015-04 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24441438/expanding-role-open-data-burkina-faso-program-gains-wider-use-transitional-government http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22300 English en_US Transport and ICT connections,no. 14; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic	SKILLS COMMUNITIES TECHNOLOGY ELECTIONS PROCUREMENT DIGITAL ERA TRANSPARENCY SOFTWARE RESULTS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY TOOLS GOVERNMENT SEARCHABLE DATABASE INFORMATION SERVICES SEARCHING DECISION MAKING CAPACITY BUILDING CONTENT PROJECTS SERVICE QUALITY INTERNET MEDIA GENERAL PUBLIC E-GOVERNMENT LITERACY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE ICT NATIONAL ELECTIONS DATA TRAINING DOCUMENT INNOVATION GOVERNMENT DATA STANDARD WEBSITE COMMUNICATION DIGITAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TECHNICAL STANDARD DATABASE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROCESS STANDARDS ELECTION WEB PAGE PRACTICE PRIVATE SECTORS TECHNICAL STANDARDS GOVERNMENT SERVICES PUBLISHING
spellingShingle	SKILLS COMMUNITIES TECHNOLOGY ELECTIONS PROCUREMENT DIGITAL ERA TRANSPARENCY SOFTWARE RESULTS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY TOOLS GOVERNMENT SEARCHABLE DATABASE INFORMATION SERVICES SEARCHING DECISION MAKING CAPACITY BUILDING CONTENT PROJECTS SERVICE QUALITY INTERNET MEDIA GENERAL PUBLIC E-GOVERNMENT LITERACY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE ICT NATIONAL ELECTIONS DATA TRAINING DOCUMENT INNOVATION GOVERNMENT DATA STANDARD WEBSITE COMMUNICATION DIGITAL ECONOMY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TECHNICAL STANDARD DATABASE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROCESS STANDARDS ELECTION WEB PAGE PRACTICE PRIVATE SECTORS TECHNICAL STANDARDS GOVERNMENT SERVICES PUBLISHING Melhem, Samia Rifon Perez, Axel The Expanding Role for Open Data in Burkina Faso : Program Gains Wider Use in the Transitional Government
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description	The widening drive to provide open data in the public sector has taken a new turn in Burkina Faso. Open data has always been recognized as an enabler of economic development and government transparency. But in October 2014, when a popular uprising ousted Burkina Faso’s long-standing leader and established a transitional government, the country’s nascent Burkina open data initiative (BODI) took on new life as an enabler of the transition. With support from the ODI and the World Bank, BODI had debuted just four months before the uprising, showcasing about 50 data sets of government information and an app that focused on education. In the months since then, the development of BODI has only accelerated, with more staff, more data sets posted, and new applications launched or planned. Under the transitional government, BODI has expanded with a web page for finding data on government contract awards and a program to help track and manage the country’s persistent drought problems. And BODI envisions a polling-place finder and reporting of vote totals as ways to support turnout and transparency for the scheduled October 2015 national elections.
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author	Melhem, Samia Rifon Perez, Axel
author_facet	Melhem, Samia Rifon Perez, Axel
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title	The Expanding Role for Open Data in Burkina Faso : Program Gains Wider Use in the Transitional Government
title_short	The Expanding Role for Open Data in Burkina Faso : Program Gains Wider Use in the Transitional Government
title_full	The Expanding Role for Open Data in Burkina Faso : Program Gains Wider Use in the Transitional Government
title_fullStr	The Expanding Role for Open Data in Burkina Faso : Program Gains Wider Use in the Transitional Government
title_full_unstemmed	The Expanding Role for Open Data in Burkina Faso : Program Gains Wider Use in the Transitional Government
title_sort	expanding role for open data in burkina faso : program gains wider use in the transitional government
publisher	World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24441438/expanding-role-open-data-burkina-faso-program-gains-wider-use-transitional-government http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22300
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The Expanding Role for Open Data in Burkina Faso : Program Gains Wider Use in the Transitional Government

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