During the 2011 Internet Governance Forum in Trento I presented the results of my "Open Data, Open Society research" starting with exactly that question: are Open Data a luxury for rich countries, a fashionable buzzword, or a REAL necessity for any country? ( the link to the report is here: http://mfioretti.com/2011/11/trento-open-data-open-society-at-the-igf/