[kictanet] [Skunkworks] Examples Open Data in New York

[aki]

Dear Paul, thank you for the article.


I've been planning on building an annual statistics World Bank/Donor
Community Loans performance site. It seems the Donor Community do not openly
share data on the loans/amounts given to Kenya, which I believe should be
mandatory disclosure and will compliment the Open Data Initiative. So far
the World Bank ( http://maps.worldbank.org/afr/kenya ) has a somewhat decent
site though lacking in specific details of all the loans e.g. for various
projects in Kenya. The site gives a very basic brief for various amounts
allocated for projects. However, further basic analysis shows that there are
some clarifications needed, such as this project :

- P122163 : Extending Mobile Applications in Africa through Social
Networking - Kenya (Akirchix) : Amount : Close to Ksh 40million. (
0.49million USD )

- Further info on P122163 :
http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?Projectid=P122163&theSitePK=356509&piPK=64290415&pagePK=64283627&menuPK=64282134&Type=Overview

On the other list Akirachix kindly responded and wrote back to my query that
they have no knowledge of these funds nor have access to them, so I find the
data listed on the World Bank site  very inaccurate and not useable.

*Questions :*

1) How is the Open Data Initiative going to address the data release of all
Loans and Disbursements use? Are these datasets going to be available?

2) And this question is for the listers, How can we propose that the next
govts will only play a ceremonial and caretaker role in World Bank & Donor
Funds where the people are able to choose allocation of these funds? For
example, shall we hand over requests and allocation responsibilty to
Parliament that shall decide on what Citizens want? Shall we finally have a
say that parts of Kenya are in more need of such funds more than some of the
various projects? Shall we design a national system that collects inputs
from all kenyans across the country, compiles the data and provides
information for the development of the country?

Just sharing some thoughts and thanks again for your time.

Rgds.
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