The location of aid and why it is so important for governments and donors. A presentation about different mapping and geospatial initiatives at the World Bank, held by Pernilla Näsfors at Location Day in Malmö, Sweden on December 6, 2013.

1. Location of Aid
Putting Development on the Map
Pernilla Näsfors, Development Data Specialist
Open Aid Partnership, World Bank Innovation Labs
Location Day, Malmö, December 6, 2013

2. "Like slavery and apartheid, poverty
is not natural. It is man-made and it
can be overcome and eradicated by
the actions of human beings."
– Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013

3. World Bank Goals
• Ending Extreme Poverty
– Decrease the percentage of people living with less
than $1.25 a day to no more than 3% by 2030
• Promoting Shared Prosperity
– Promote income growth of the bottom 40% of the
population in each country

4. Why is the Location of Aid so important
for governments and donors?
• To better understand within-country aid allocation
and identify underserved regions
• To better monitor on-the-ground progress of
development activities
• To enable donors to better coordinate and
harmonize efforts
• To enable visualization of the data and enhance
accessibility at the local level

5. World Bank Aid Programs Supporting
Mapping and Geospatial Initiatives
…

6. Mapping for Results
30,000
Different aspects of the
project (sectors)
Investment in sector
by volume
Locations of WB
financed projects
Sub-national MDG
indicators
maps.worldbank.org
Project results
profile

7. Open Aid Partnership
www.openaidmap.org

8. Objectives of the Open Aid Partnership
• Strengthen capacity of partner countries
to collect, curate and publish development data in an open and
accessible format
• Develop an Open Aid Map
to visualize the locations of development activities on a common
mapping platform
• Build capacity of citizens, civil society and the
media
to understand, use and give feedback on open development data
Bolivia, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden,
United Kingdom, USAID, African Development Bank, Akvo, Development Initiatives, Foundation
Center, InterAction, ONE, Publish What You Fund, UN-Habitat and World Bank Group

9. Turning Aid Reporting Upside Down
Bolivia: Country-owned development data at the subnational level

10. Understanding
where donors work
World Bank Group,
UNDP, UNOPS, UNHabitat Operations in
the DRC

11. Using data to track
progress on
development at a
more local level
Data sources:
National Statistics Office (NSO). (2011). Malawi Third Integrated
Household Survey 2010/2011. Zomba: National Statistics Office.
Christian Peratsakis, Joshua Powell, Michael Findley, Justin Baker
and Catherine Weaver. 2012.
Map author: Qiyang Xu, World Bank Institute

12. Exciting Citizens About Open Development Data
Data Literacy
Bootcamps in
Malawi, Nepal,
and Bolivia

15. Planning, monitoring of public services as well as
engaging with citizens requires good data on
social infrastructure

16. Kenya: Accuracy of school and hospital locations below 50%
Comparison of locations of 100 random-sampled health
facilities and all primary schools on Kenya Open Data site
with satellite imagery:
Exact Match (%)
Primary
School
Health
Facility
Close Match (%)
No Match (%)
22.2
30.6
47.2
21.6
28.3
50.1

17. Senegal, Laos, Togo, Haiti: Roads data often offtrack
Exact Match (%)
Close Match (%)
No Match (%)
Senegal
0.0
38.4
61.6
Laos
0.0
73.9
26.1
Togo
0.0
89.5
10.5
Haiti
0.0
82.1
17.9

18. Crowdsourcing Spatial Data
on OpenStreetMap

19. Voluntourists could record road data
• Track route with GPS / smart phone
• Rate route conditions

20. Voluntourists could gather location data
• Locations of hospital, schools, water points, etc.
• App records location, pictures, short survey

21. "Overcoming poverty is not a gesture
of charity. It is an act of justice. It is
the protection of a fundamental
human right, the right to dignity and a
decent life. While poverty persists,
there is no true freedom."
– Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013