Open Data for Development: aspirations and challenges

What are the hopes and aspirations driving open data / open development and what are the challenges and obstacles ahead?

Eliza Anyangwe (https://twitter.com/ElizaTalks) (Guardian Global Development Professionals Network (http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network)) hosts a discussion with Ulrich Atz (https://twitter.com/statshero) (Open Data Institute (https://twitter.com/UKODI)), Heather Leson (https://twitter.com/HeatherLeson) (OKFNlabs (http://okfnlabs.org/)) and Claire Provost (https://twitter.com/claireprovost) (Guardian Global Development (http://www.theguardian.com/global-development)) and about Open Data for Development at Mozilla London (https://twitter.com/Mozldn).

Everyone loves the potential of open data for transparency, accountability, innovation, and improved efficiency but what about challenges such as the quality of data sets. Eliza and her panel present a cautionary tale of what could happen if data quality is not addressed.

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