The Expanding Role for Open Data in Burkina Faso : Program Gains Wider Use in the Transitional Government

The widening drive to provide open data in the public sector has taken a new turn in Burkina Faso. Open data has always been recognized as an enabler of economic development and government transparency. But in October 2014, when a popular uprising ousted Burkina Faso’s long-standing leader and established a transitional government, the country’s nascent Burkina open data initiative (BODI) took on new life as an enabler of the transition. 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 and an app that focused on education. In the months since then, the development of BODI has only accelerated, with more staff, more data sets posted, and new applications launched or planned. Under the transitional government, BODI has expanded with a web page for finding data on government contract awards and a program to help track and manage the country’s persistent drought problems. And BODI envisions a polling-place finder and reporting of vote totals as ways to support turnout and transparency for the scheduled October 2015 national elections.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Melhem, Samia, Rifon Perez, Axel
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015-04
Subjects:	SKILLS, COMMUNITIES, TECHNOLOGY, ELECTIONS, PROCUREMENT, DIGITAL ERA, TRANSPARENCY, SOFTWARE, RESULTS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY TOOLS, GOVERNMENT, SEARCHABLE DATABASE, INFORMATION, SERVICES, SEARCHING, DECISION MAKING, CAPACITY BUILDING, CONTENT, PROJECTS, SERVICE QUALITY, INTERNET, MEDIA, GENERAL PUBLIC, E-GOVERNMENT, LITERACY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, KNOWLEDGE, ICT, NATIONAL ELECTIONS, DATA, TRAINING, DOCUMENT, INNOVATION, GOVERNMENT DATA, STANDARD, WEBSITE, COMMUNICATION, DIGITAL ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY, GOVERNMENT CONTRACT, TECHNICAL STANDARD, DATABASE, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, PROCESS, STANDARDS, ELECTION, WEB PAGE, PRACTICE, PRIVATE SECTORS, TECHNICAL STANDARDS, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, PUBLISHING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24441438/expanding-role-open-data-burkina-faso-program-gains-wider-use-transitional-government http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22300
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