1. Anna Lauridsen, Development Gateway
Open Data for Development Camp
May 12 2011

2. Overview
 AidData
 Geocoding
 Development Loop

3. About Development Gateway
 International non-profit organization with offices in Washington, DC and
Brussels
 Created in 2001 by the World Bank
 Work made possible by grants and project funding from Australia, Belgium, EU,
Germany, Japan, World Bank, UNDP, and others
Our mission is to enable change and reduce poverty in developing countries
through the use of information technology. We provide web-based tools to
strengthen governance and make aid and development efforts more
effective.
Development Gateway works in the areas of
 Governance
 Knowledge and Networking
 Transparency and Accountability

4. Better Information for Aid Effectiveness
 How can donors and NGOs better coordinate?
 How can governments better plan their budgets and
integrate external and domestic resources?
 How can citizens provide feedback on aid projects?
 How can research help us learn from ongoing efforts?

5. The AidData Mission
 Transparency
 Improve the breadth and depth of aid information
 Foster aid information sharing among stakeholders
 Accessibility
 Enable public access to aid activity information
 Create visualizations to facilitate analysis
 Accountability
 Enable feedback loops
 Empower donors, countries, CSOs and citizens to
hold each other to account for aid activities

6. The AidData Program
 A Global Public Good
 Extensive online aid information
resource freely accessible to the public
 Other Projects and Services
 Aid information portals and technical assistance
 Many custom projects result in public services

7. Geocoding
Mapping aid information…
 Enables a better understanding of the allocation of
aid within a country
 Highlights potential financing gaps and inequities
in aid distribution
 Helps ensure that aid flows to those who need it
most

8. Geocoding methodology
Developed by AidData and Uppsala University,
Sweden
 Standardized. Allows for standardization and precision
across donors
 High quality. Double coding and arbitration; specialized
software for accuracy
 Expert team trained in coding methodology
 Mashable. Data can be used by any geographic information
provider and overlaid with other layers.

9. Geocoding and the World Bank
World Bank/AidData Mapping for Results partnership
 Team of AidData and Word Bank coders
 Geocoded all active World Bank projects in 81 IDA
Countries
 Team is now creating visualizations; enabling
users to see where aid is directed, identify gaps,
and improve planning and coordination
 More information and results at open.aiddata.org
and maps.worldbank.org

10. Donor Coordination
 Display activities of multiple donors to inform the
geographic coordination and planning process within
recipient countries
 Combine with sub-national socioeconomic indicators
to facilitate country aid and budgeting planning

11. Mapping for Results: Global View

12. World Bank Projects in Nepal

13. Population Density and World Bank Projects

14. Poverty and World Bank Projects

16. Recipient Feedback Loops
 Need for on the ground information
 Lack of information about outcomes
 No mechanism to give recipients a voice in aid
 Enable stakeholders to better assess aid performance;
enhance dialogue between recipient governments and
donors on aid allocation.
 Combine with SMS technology to enable
crowdsourcing and create feedback loops.

17. Development Loop
 Created for the World Bank’s Apps for Development
competition
 Application for mapping aid activities and indicators
together with feedback
 Partnership between AidData and Esri, a leading
provider of interactive mapping software
 Data collection/edit allows for adding or augmenting
data in the field
 iphone prototype

22. Next Steps
 Combining geocoded data with SMS crowdsourcing
technology
 Advocate for increased availability and granularity of sub-
national needs indicators
 Geocoding more donors globally and all donors in one or
two pilot countries
 Coding at multiple points in the funding process
(planning, budget implementation, assessment)
 Increasing accessibility through mobile phone applications

23. Thank You!
 More info on geocoding: open.aiddata.org
 Mapping for results: maps.worldbank.org
 More from Development Gateway:
www.developmentgateway.org
 Contact me: alauridsen@developmentgateway.org