The document discusses the World Bank's efforts to increase fiscal transparency through open financial data and citizen engagement. It began by publishing a few datasets in open formats and has since expanded to 35 datasets. This includes expenditure data from partner countries and procurement/contract data. The World Bank aims to empower citizens through tools that make the data accessible and drive engagement. Challenges include bridging the gap between supplying open data and generating demand, as well as ensuring data meets legal, technical and practical openness standards. Moving forward, the World Bank will pursue partnerships, demand-driven approaches, and developing mobile applications to provide more financial context.

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Fiscal
Transparency:
Lessons Learned
from Open
Finance
& the Path
Forward

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Why ‘Open Financial Data’ &
Fiscal Transparency?

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Open About
What We Know
Open About
What We Do
Open About ‘What We Do’
Transparency & Accountability

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 Information was not in re-usable format, static
 Driven by business requirements
• Open Data as one solution
 Makes data reusable, dynamic
 Tools make data accessible and understandable for average people
Beyond Financial Disclosure
Traditional model A new model

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Open financial
data
Citizen
engagement
Empowerment
and
transparency
Towards Citizen Engagement
TOWARDS RESULTS

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Start Small and Fast
• Started as an idea and 2 dataset proof of concept
(now 35)
• Start with what is already public
• Keep iterating, adding, improving

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Launch - July 2011

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So what? Now what?
What does engagement look like?

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If you build it…
no guarantees “they” will come.

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Gap between Supply & Demand
Is Open Government working? – the Reboot
“Demand-side open government initiatives assume that
governments newly motivated by citizens’ demands will
have the incentive and the capacity to respond.
Supply-side projects assume newly energized citizens
will have the means and the desire to demand
accountability from their government.”

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Civil Society Engagement & Partnerships
Opportunities for Informed Dialogue

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Participatory Approaches
“Suggest a Dataset”

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Demand Survey
http://bit.ly/OpenDataDemand
• Research project to
understand the demand
for and use of
open financial data
• Results and response data
will be shared through
an interactive dataset
• Please take the survey
Share with others
bit.ly/OpenDataDemand

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New Partnerships & Perspectives
Visualization Sprints & Data Dives

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Better Consumers of Our Own Data & Mobile Tech
Finance + Projects
+ Mapping

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Putting it all together – More Context
“World Bank Finances”
financesapp.worldbank.org
Legally Open, Technically Open, Practically Open January 2013
• 7 Languages
• GPS Location Aware

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Project, Finance, & Contracts
“World Bank Finances”
financesapp.worldbank.org

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Share, Data Accuracy,
Report Fraud & Corruption
“World Bank Finances”
financesapp.worldbank.org

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Donor & Beneficiary Portfolio Views
“World Bank Finances”
financesapp.worldbank.org

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Recap & What’s Next?

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Recap
• Flexible Iterative Approach
• Civil Society Engagement &
Partnerships
• Demand-Driven Approach
• Contracts & Procurement Data
• Be Better Consumers of Own Data
• More Context – Legally Open,
Technically Open, Practically Open

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Will social media and innovation save the world?

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Questions & Feedback
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@OpenNotion
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Open Financial Data Website and Mobile Application

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Partner Expenditure Data
Pilot country: Moldova
Track World Bank funding
beyond commitments and
disbursements.
For the first time, expenditure
data related to World Bank
funding is open and available
for the public.

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Procurement/Contracts Data in High Demand
From 3 months,
2 years,
7 years…

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Build Applications

27. Data Journalism

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Website | Mobile Application

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Different Approaches & Roles, Similar Goals
Kenya/Moldova
Slovakia - Procurement
Nigeria - Budgit