Open Data in Developing Economies: Toward Building an Evidence Base on What Works and How

• Main Author: Stefaan G. Verhulst (auth)
• Other Authors: Andrew Young (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: African Minds 2017
• Subjects: Information technology industries; developing world; impact; open data; open government data
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Recent years have witnessed considerable speculation about the potential of open data to bring about wide-scale transformation. The bulk of existing evidence about the impact of open data, however, focuses on high-income countries. Much less is known about open data's role and value in low- and...