The International Aid Transparency Initiative is helping translate the data revolution into increased accountability and better coordination within the aid sector. But can standards alone push civil society organizations, donors and governments to open up?
Devex spoke to several experts during last month’s International Open Data Conference in Ottawa, Canada, to understand how aid organizations, from civil society groups to government agencies, can apply open data principles to their own activities.
The need for more open data is often assimilated into the need for more data. While the issue of data gaps is a pressing one, donor countries may be facing a different kind of challenge.
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Flavie Halais is a freelance journalist based in Montreal, Canada, covering international issues and cities through a social lens. Her work has appeared in WIRED, the Guardian, Le Monde Afrique, Jeune Afrique, the Correspondent ,and Devex.
