Data sets, apps and project pitches

Present at ODDC

Various "data set owners" are attending the Camp, and some people already work on applications or projects. Each will have a chance to pitch their offers and needs in 2 to 5 minutes.

In random order:

• Indices of Social Development (Ellen Webbink, International Institute of Social Studies)
  Download data sets via www.indsocdev.org/data-access.html

• EDUCOEF database on school enrollment problems for 416 sub-national regions within 42 African countries (Jeroen Smits, Radboud University Nijmegen)
  You can download the data of EDUCOEF as a spreadsheet here

• search4dev (Harry Heemskerk, KIT)

• ORDeX open data browser (Tom Zeppenfeldt, Ophileon)

• DFID activities in IATI XML (Nick Rogers, DFID)
  Find DFID project data or download directly like  http://projects.dfid.gov.uk/iati/country/UG for Uganda

• IATI Registry (Simon Parrish, AidInfo)
  Browse data sets from DFID and Hewlett Foundation

• CKAN data hub (Friedrich Lichtenberg, OKFN)
  Browse all data sets or just those in the group International Development

• Platform of over 1500 African NGOs powered by CiviCRM (Tobias Eigen, Kabissa)

• Data sets and Apps for Development (Richard Murby, World Bank)
  Browse all data set
  Doing Business as flat csv, and as structured data set with subnational levels
  Water tariff information from around the world (Excel)

• Oxfam Novib project information (XML) (Gisèle Mambre, Oxfam Novib)

• Project update documents from embassies (Rob Swinkels, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

If you're at ODDC and would like to add your data set, contact one of the ODDC team members!

Other suggested sources for data

• OECD Development Database on Aid from DAC Members (DAC Online) and Development Database on Aid Activities (CRS online)
  an archive with the CRS downloads for 1973-2009 is available here (162MB)

• Global development data store at the Guardian

• Official USDA data on production, supply and distribution of agricultural commodities for the United States and key producing and consuming countries

• www.developmentdata.org

• opendatasearch.org

• getthedata.org

Tools, apps, references

• A toolbox for Open Data on Social Source Commons (you can add more tools to it!)

• 22 free tools for data visualization and analysis

• Open Data Cook Book (recipes for ways to find and use open data)