Location of Aid - Putting Development on the Map

Pernilla Näsfors, Development Data SpecialistOpen Aid Partnership, World Bank Innovation Labs

Location Day, Malmö, December 6, 2013

Location of AidPutting Development on the Map

"Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by

the actions of human beings."

– Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013

World Bank Goals

• Ending Extreme Poverty– Decrease the percentage of people living with less

than $1.25 a day to no more than 3% by 2030

• Promoting Shared Prosperity – Promote income growth of the bottom 40% of the

population in each country

Why is the Location of Aid so important for governments and donors?

• To better understand within-country aid allocation and identify underserved regions

• To better monitor on-the-ground progress of development activities

• To enable donors to better coordinate and harmonize efforts

• To enable visualization of the data and enhance accessibility at the local level

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World Bank Aid Programs Supporting Mapping and Geospatial Initiatives

Mapping for Results

30,000

Different aspects of the project (sectors)

Investment in sector by volume

Sub-national MDG indicators

maps.worldbank.orgProject results profile

Locations of WB financed projects

Open Aid Partnership

www.openaidmap.org

• Strengthen capacity of partner countries to collect, curate and publish development data in an open and accessible format

• Develop an Open Aid Map to visualize the locations of development activities on a common mapping platform

• Build capacity of citizens, civil society and the mediato understand, use and give feedback on open development data

Bolivia, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, USAID, African Development Bank, Akvo, Development Initiatives, Foundation

Center, InterAction, ONE, Publish What You Fund, UN-Habitat and World Bank Group

Objectives of the Open Aid Partnership

Turning Aid Reporting Upside Down

Bolivia: Country-owned development data at the subnational level

Understanding where donors work

World Bank Group, UNDP, UNOPS, UN-Habitat Operations in the DRC

Using data to track progress on development at a more local level

Data sources: National Statistics Office (NSO). (2011). Malawi Third Integrated Household Survey 2010/2011. Zomba: National Statistics Office. Christian Peratsakis, Joshua Powell, Michael Findley, Justin Baker and Catherine Weaver. 2012.Map author: Qiyang Xu, World Bank Institute

Exciting Citizens About Open Development Data

Data Literacy Bootcamps in

Malawi, Nepal, and Bolivia

Planning, monitoring of public services as well as engaging with citizens requires good data on social infrastructure

Kenya: Accuracy of school and hospital locations below 50%

Comparison of locations of 100 random-sampled health facilities and all primary schools on Kenya Open Data site with satellite imagery:

Exact Match (%) Close Match (%) No Match (%)

Primary School 22.2 30.6 47.2

Health Facility 21.6 28.3 50.1

Senegal, Laos, Togo, Haiti: Roads data often offtrack

Exact Match (%) Close Match (%) No Match (%)

Senegal 0.0 38.4 61.6

Laos 0.0 73.9 26.1

Togo 0.0 89.5 10.5

Haiti 0.0 82.1 17.9

Crowdsourcing Spatial Data on OpenStreetMap

Voluntourists could record road data• Track route with GPS / smart phone• Rate route conditions

Voluntourists could gather location data• Locations of hospital, schools, water points, etc.• App records location, pictures, short survey

"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is

the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a

decent life. While poverty persists, there is no true freedom."

– Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013