Open Aid and Development

Description

From Appropedia:

"Open development refers to several things:

• Open data in international development.

• Open knowledge for aid and international development - which includes the use of open licenses.

• Open standards for knowledge sharing in international development.

Open aid seems to be less widely discussed than open development. The essentials of open aid might include:

• Transparency of aid programs, regarding how money is spent, and the measured outcomes of the project.

• Publishing practices and procedures openly (and under an open license).

• crowdsourcing ideas for solutions to international development challenges, for constructive enhancement of programs and strategic planning

• incentivizing participation from people outside of formal development institutions to make development projects work more effectively

• creating open platforms that enable new actors and those at the base of the pyramid to create feedback loops for donors and other traditional development organizations to strengthen their systems."

(http://www.appropedia.org/Open_aid_and_development)