The World Bank has joined forces with the Open Data Institute and the Open Knowledge Foundation in a 3-year project designed to help policy makers and citizens in developing countries understand and exploit the benefits of open data.
The project, launched 18th September 2013 at the Open Knowledge Conference in Geneva, has three objectives: supporting developing countries to plan, execute and run open data initiatives; increasing the use of open data in developing countries; and growing the evidence-base on the impact of open data for development.
See more at: http://okfn.org/press-releases/new-partnership-seeks-to-bring-benefits-of-open-data-to-developing-countries/
