The World Bank is pursuing an open development agenda to increase access to information about its operations, projects, finances, and development knowledge. This includes the Open Knowledge Repository, which contains over 15,000 documents and receives around 3.5 million downloads annually. The Bank partnered with institutions in Africa to interconnect repositories and increase access to content through its Africa Partnership Initiative. Challenges included technical capacity and content quality, but a new approach using "OKR Virtual Sets" may help overcome issues of time and managing partner expectations.

1. TheOpenKnowledge Repository
WorldBank’s ApproachtoInterconnectivity
COAR Annual Meeting 2014
J o s e d e B u e r b a
S r. P u b l i s h i n g O f f i c e r,
M a r k e t i n g M a n a g e r
T h e W o r l d B a n k

2. OverarchingMission: AWorldFreeofPoverty

3. OpenDevelopmentAgenda
Open About
What We Know
(Data, Tools, and
Development
Knowledge)
Open About
What We Do
(Operations, Projects,
Finances, and
Commitments)
Open About
How We Work
(Partnerships,
Engagement
Platforms, and
Solutions)
Open
Government
(Transparency,
Accountability)

4. PillarsofBank’s OpenDevelopmentAgenda
Access to
Information
Open
Access
Open
Data

5. PublishWhatYouFund–AidTransparencyIndex

6. ImpactofOpenData
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Unique visitors/week Total Visits Pages Viewed
Milhões
Apr '09 - Mar '10 Apr '10 - Mar '11 Apr '11 - Mar '12

7. OpenAccess attheWorldBank
Open Access
Policy
Creative
Commons
Open Knowledge
Repository

8. Outreach&Marketing

9. GlobalCoverage

10. OKR-Downloads
50% of visits to OKR come from users in developing countries
0
1.000.000
2.000.000
3.000.000
4.000.000
Apr-12 Jun-12 Aug-12 Oct-12 Dec-12 Feb-13 Apr-13 Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13 Dec-13 Feb-14 Apr-14
Total Downloads
3.5+ Million

11. OKR:MorethanaRepository

12. OKR–ContentGrowth
15,000+
Records

13. AdvanceSearchandFilteringOptions

14. AuthorProfiles

15. LiveUsage Stats

16. OKR–QuerySuggestions (ComingSoon!)

17. OKR–Altmetrics (ComingSoon!)

18. Interconnectivity –E.g., RePEc

19. AfricaPartnershipInitiative
Source: http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables

20. Repositories inAfrica
Source: http://www.opendoar.org

21. AfricaPartnershipInitiative-Objectives
1. Increase awareness and use of WB Knowledge
2. Bring exposure to third party content
3. Leverage OAI-PMH for interconnectivity
4. Build in-house technical know-how

22. AfricaPartnershipInitiative-Tactics
1. Select viable candidates
2. Agree on ToR
3. Integrate OKR feeds into partner repository
4. Integrate partner feeds into OKR
5. Monitor & Evaluate

23. WhatWorked
1. A lot of interest from institutions across Africa
2. Decide to partner with 2 institutions:
o Stellenbosh University and IDB (not African)
3. Successfully uploaded OAI feed
o one in development server only, one live via Primo
4. Developed in-house technical know-how

24. Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBank

25. Challenges
1. Time consuming process
2. Technical capacity in partnering institution
3. Content fit and quality for OKR
4. Manage partner’s expectations

26. NewApproach-“OKRVirtualSets”

27. OAIFeed

28. Thankyou
&
Questions?
J o s e d e B u e r b a
j d e b u e r b a @ w o r l d b a n k g r o u p . o r g