Name: How open data is changing international aid
Uploaded: 2012-10-30T14:55:15Z
Duration: 15 min 3 s
Description: How do we make sure that development and aid money actually goes to the people who most need it? Sanjay Pradhan of the World Bank Institute lays out three guidelines to help relief efforts make the most impact -- while curbing corruption. One key: connecting the players who are working to change broken systems with the data they need.

How do we make sure that development and aid money actually goes to the people who most need it? Sanjay Pradhan of the World Bank Institute lays out three guidelines to help relief efforts make the most impact -- while curbing corruption. One key: connecting the players who are working to change broken systems with the data they need.

How open data is changing international aid

Development aid often misses those who need it most, as seen in villages where new schools lacked teachers and textbooks. A single meal from a poor villager, costing his family two days’ food, revealed the stakes of failed systems. By opening up data, aid, and government processes, communities can demand accountability and shape solutions. These shifts offer hope for honest change in even the poorest, most corrupt places.