The document discusses open standards and APIs for development. It summarizes the goals of the World Bank to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity. It then outlines the Open World Bank initiative which makes the Bank's data, research, knowledge, operations, and finances open through open data, knowledge sharing, and partnerships for openness. It also discusses the Open Aid Partnership and International Aid Transparency Initiative which aim to increase transparency around aid through open data standards and APIs. It encourages organizations to contribute to creating a better world by using and sharing open data and APIs.

1. Open Standards
and APIs for a
Better World
Nordic APIs Stockholm
2014-03-31
Pernilla Näsfors
Twitter: @pernillan
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2. “An investment in
better information is an
investment in better
development”
- APC Colombia (La Agencia
Presidencial de Cooperación
Internacional de Colombia)

4. 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

5. The Open World Bank
What We Know
(Data, Research &
Knowledge)
• Open Data Initiative
• Open Knowledge Repository
• Knowledge Reports
What We Do
(Operations, Finances
& Results)
• Projects & Operations
• Open Finances
• IEG Evaluations
• Mapping for Results
• Corporate Scorecard
• AidFlows
How We Work
(Partnerships for
Openness)
• Open Aid Partnership
• Open Government
Partnership
• Knowledge Platforms
• Kenya/Moldova Open Data
Portal
Access to Information Policy

6. Open Aid Partnership
- Turning aid reporting upside down
- www.openaidmap.org

7. World Bank APIs
- Indicators (time series data)
- Projects (World Bank operations)
- World Bank Finances
- Climate Data
- RESTful with (at least)JSON and XML
- data.worldbank.org/developers

8. > 8000 Indicators
Environment
External Debt
Agriculture
Economy
Gender
Public Sector
Urban Development
Health
Climate Change
Trade
Poverty
Private Sector
Social Development
Aid Effectiveness
Infrastructure
Rural Development
Energy
Science & Technology
Education
Social Protection & Labor
Growth

10. Openaid.se

11. Openaid.se
- Hub for statistics and documents
about Swedish development
cooperation from the 70s until today
- Openaid.se API launched 2011
- Moving to IATI API

12. IATI =
International
Aid
Transparency
Initiative
iatistandard.org

15. Multi-stakeholder

16. Traceability

17. Publish Once
Use Often
IATI$
CRS$
FSS$
FTS$
EDRIS$
IFAF$
AIMS$

18. “Dogfooding”
- Using your Public API as a Private API
is like“Eating your own dog food”
- Organizations who use their own IATI
data for visualizations etc tend to
increase their data quality

19. IATI APIs
- IATI Datastore
- http://datastore.iatistandard.org
- OIPA by Akvo & Zimmerman & Zimmerman
- http://oipa.openaidsearch.org
- AidData
- http://aiddata.org/api-documentation

20. Challenges
- Timely, comprehensive and forward
looking data
- Data quality
- Traceability with e.g. budget and
unique organization identifiers
- Access and use of data
- Governance

21. How Can You
Contribute?
How do you think you and
your organization can
contribute to creating a
better world using your
skills and expertise?

22. #ICT4D =
Information and
Communication
Technologies for
Development
Follow e.g.
@SidaICT4D

23. #OKFEST14 =
Open Knowledge Festival
Berlin, 15-17 July 2014
- Open Minds to Open Action
- www.okfestival.org & @okfestival
- Working Groups: okfn.org/wg/
e.g. Open Development / #opendev
- Local groups: se.okfn.org & @okfnse

24. Thank You!
Now Go and Save
the World!
pernilla@openhearted.se
Pernilla Näsfors
Twitter: @pernillan
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