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    Summary of the first UN World Data Forum: 15-18 January 2017

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2017
    This IISD summary provide a synthesis of discussion and outcomes from the first UN World Data Forum held in South Africa from 15-18 January 2017.
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    Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)

    GODAN supports the proactive sharing of open data to make information about agriculture and nutrition available, accessible and usable to deal with the urgent challenge of ensuring world food
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    GODAN Success Stories - Issue 1 | GODAN

    Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition, 2016
    Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) advocates and supports the proactive sharing of open data to make information about agriculture and nutrition available, accessible and usable.
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    Emerging impacts in open data in the judiciary Branches in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay

    Centro de Implementacion de Politicas Publicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento / Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth, Argentina, 2014
    The majority of Open Government Data (OGD) initiatives around the world have focussed on the executive branches of government, exploring financial, infrastructure and administrative datasets. A smaller number have looked at legislative open data. However, open data in the judicial branch has gone relatively unexplored.
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    Data For Development: An Action Plan

    Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 2015
    The Data Revolution for Sustainable Development is poised to transform the way governments, citizens, and companies do business. The revolution is being defined by the explosion in availability of data resources and rapidly evolving technologies.
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    Democratising the Data Revolution: A Discussion Paper

    2015
    This new discussion paper from Open Knowledge is intended to advance thinking and action around civil society engagement with the data revolution.
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    Open Access Explained

    CGIAR Research Program on Drylands Systems, 2015
    This document intends to give scientists, who conduct research under the framework of the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems, a snapshot on the benefits of using Open Access mechanisms to publish their research outputs and results.
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    Battle for open: how openness won and why it doesn’t feel like victory

    2014
    With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream. This marks a moment of victory for the open education movement, but at the same time the real battle for the direction of openness begins.
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    Delivering on the data revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Final report of the data for Africa development working group

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2014
    Governments, international institutions, and donors need good data on basic development metrics like inflation, vaccination coverage, and school enrollment to accurately plan, budget, and evaluate their activities. Governments, citizens, and civil society at large use data as a “currency” for accountability.
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    A fine balance: mapping cyber (in)security in Latin America

    Igarape Institute, 2012
    Cyber-security is emerging as a dominant area of concern amongst many governments and civil societies across Latin America. Although the existence of cyberspace is already generating a massive evolution in all aspects of life, it is extending the reach of organised crime across time and space.

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