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June 2, 2010

Open Data Project at The World Bank

Filed under: Uncategorized — itwatchdog @ 3:38 pm

The Open Data project at The World Bank is a very interesting “Linked Data” project showing the power of Open Data, information visualization, and innovation in governance and development. It offers many data sources and country indicators (GNI, GDP, …).

Read more about this at data.worldbank.org.

Two influential thinkers Hans Rosling and Beth Noveck cover these open data initiatives in a presentation titled “The Changing World — A New Mindset for a Multipolar World”.

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