Thomas Breineder - Project Manager, The World Bank, United States of America The World Bank embraced the Open Agenda in 2010 and thereafter launched its Open Knowledge Repository in April 2012 and its Open Access policy in July 2012. Today anybody is free to use, re-use and redistribute most of the Bank's knowledge products and research outputs. The World Bank products covered by the new policy are by default published under a liberal Creative Commons license (CC BY) and content which is published by a third party publisher is available under a more restrictive Creative Commons license. The OKR (openknowledge.worldbank.org) contains a range of content (>8000 documents) focused on Bank research and knowledge from 2005-2012, including institutional flagship publications (such as World Development Report), books and journals (such as World Bank Economic Review). In 2013 as part of a coordinated plan to further increase content depth and utility, it is expected that the OKR will link to datasets associated with research, add further legacy content and seek out undiscovered research content within the Bank, including translations. In addition, we aim to explore opportunities to connect the OKR to regional repositories. So far, the OKR has had over 1 million page views. Both at the level of end-user interface as well as internal administrative functionality, the World Bank executes rounds of continuous improvements and enhancements in collaboration with @mire. The result of this aligns the OKR with the needs of the institution and its communities, along with the principles of the open access community.

1. The World Bank: Embracing Open Access
WORLD BANK OPEN DEVELOPMENT
2010 2012
Initial commitment to the Launch of the
Open Agenda Open Knowledge Repository,
Open Access Policy
and adoption of the
Creative Commons Licence
openknowledge.worldbank.org • contact: tbreineder@worldbank.org
@MIRE

2. Setting the default to DEVELOPMENT
WORLD BANK OPEN OA in 2012
Publishing license for Publishing license for WB works in
in-house published work collaboration with external publishers
CC-BY CC-NC-ND
Creative Commons Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial
No-Derivatives
“Free to use, re-use and redistribute most of the Bank’s knowledge products and
research outputs for commercial or non-commercial purposes”
openknowledge.worldbank.org • contact: tbreineder@worldbank.org
@MIRE

3. Open Knowledge Repository Vitals
WORLD BANK OPEN DEVELOPMENT
> 8000 research & knowledge products
> 1 Million views > 180 000 downloads
openknowledge.worldbank.org • contact: tbreineder@worldbank.org
@MIRE

4. OKR Future Development
WORLD BANK OPEN DEVELOPMENT
Link associated datasets Connect regional repositories
Increase content depth and utility
More content within the Bank Author profiles
openknowledge.worldbank.org • contact: tbreineder@worldbank.org
@MIRE

5. Promoting Knowledge in Developing Countries
WORLD BANK OPEN DEVELOPMENT
Current usage:
31 developed countries
112 developing countries
improve the lives of
those living in poverty
Connecting Regional Repositories
openknowledge.worldbank.org • contact: tbreineder@worldbank.org
@MIRE