The Expanding Role for Open Datain Burkina Faso : Program Gains Wider Use in theTransitional Government

Melhem, Samia ; Rifon Perez, Axel

World Bank Group, Washington, DC

关键词: SKILLS;    COMMUNITIES;    TECHNOLOGY;    ELECTIONS;    PROCUREMENT;   

RP-ID  :  96255

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The widening drive to provide open datain the public sector has taken a new turn in Burkina Faso.Open data has always been recognized as an enabler ofeconomic development and government transparency. But inOctober 2014, when a popular uprising ousted Burkina Faso’slong-standing leader and established a transitionalgovernment, the country’s nascent Burkina open datainitiative (BODI) took on new life as an enabler of thetransition. 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 andan app that focused on education. In the months since then,the development of BODI has only accelerated, with morestaff, more data sets posted, and new applications launchedor planned. Under the transitional government, BODI hasexpanded with a web page for finding data on governmentcontract awards and a program to help track and manage thecountry’s persistent drought problems. And BODI envisions apolling-place finder and reporting of vote totals as ways tosupport turnout and transparency for the scheduled October2015 national elections.