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Only 30% of developers surveyed said that government data was available, and of that, 50% of the data was unusable.
Don’t make people find data. Make data find the people.
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As more sensors go online in smarter cities, tracking the movements of traffic patterns will enable public administrators to optimize routes, schedules and capacity, driving efficiency and a better allocation of resources.
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The data.worldbank.org website that launched in September 2010 was designed to make the bank’s open data easier to use. In the months since, more than 100 applications have been built using the data.
Through sharing data and knowledge, and then creating a system to convert ideas into practice, clinicians in the ImproveCareNow network were able to improve the remission rate for Crohn’s disease from 49% to 67% without the introduction of new drugs.
“Increasing the control that individuals have over the manner in which their personal data is collected, managed and shared will spur a host of new services and applications,” wrote the paper’s authors. “As some put it, personal data will be the new ‘oil’ — a valuable resource of the 21st century. It will emerge as a new asset class touching all aspects of society.”
