the open Índex
DESCRIPTION
An argument for the application of open data norms to international indices in development and human rights.TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Ideology,Technology
and the Open Index:
standards for actionable data across borders
![Page 2: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Trend 1: The Move to Measure
• Dramatic proliferation of initiatives to measure human rights and development in recent decades
Including:
– Donor assessments
– International Initiatives
– Country and local initiatives
![Page 3: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
90888682 84 96 98 00 02 0492 94 0678761974
International data sources on country-level governance
0880
CPIA
Freedom in the World
Commitment to Development
Bertelsmann Transformation Index
Global Accountability Report
Index of Economic Freedom
Journalists killed
Open Budget Index
Polity
Opacity Index
Integrity Index
BEEPS
Press Freedom Survey
Political Terror Scale
Global Competitiveness Index
World Governance Assessment
World Values Survey
State Failure Dataset
Women in Parliament
Governance Matters
Gender Empowerment
Measure
Index of Democracy
World Democracy
Audit
Failed States Index
Press Freedom Index
Democracy Index
Institutional Profiles Database
WeberianComparative State
Project
International Country Risk Guide
Human Rights Indicators
GAPS in Workers’ Rights
Corruption Perceptions
Index Bribe Payers
Index
Indicators of Local
Democratic Governance
CIRI Human Rights
Databse
Countries at the Crossroads
Civil Society Index
Economic Freedom of the World
Global Corruption Barometer
Rule of Law Index
Governance and Democracy Processes
Global Peace Index
Index of Human Rights
(adapted from UNDP Oslo Governance Centre)
![Page 4: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Common Measurement Objectives
• To better understand
• To impact international policy processes
• To impact country level practice
The great divide:country-led or comparative
![Page 5: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Trend 2: The Rise of Technology• ICT for development
• Social Media for Organisations
![Page 6: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Data in the digital age
–Survey tools
–Local data online
–Transnational networks
–Open gov’t
–Citizen-generated data
–Digital dissemination
–Populist Technologies
–International Digital Media
![Page 7: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Trend 3: Transnational Information Ecologies
Especially:
• Social and political mobilization
• Knowledge exchange and capacity development
![Page 8: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Trend intersection (Measurement - Technology – Globalization)
Cross country technologies for data collection
• Indaba
• Swift River
• Open Data Kit
• TxtEagle
Cross country technology for data dissemination
• The internet
![Page 9: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Bridging the Divide? (Measurement - Technology – Globalization)
Have the rise of new technologies and transnational communication flows supported increased
connectivity and knowledge exchange between national and international actors collecting and
mobilizing data on human rights and development?
• Local actors appear to be reaching out, but very difficult to quantify
• It is possile to evaluate whether international actors are reaching out.
![Page 10: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
90888682 84 96 98 00 02 0492 94 0678761974 0880
CPIA
Freedom in the World
Commitment to Development
Bertelsmann Transformation Index
Global Accountability Report
Index of Economic Freedom
Journalists killed
Open Budget Index
Polity
Opacity Index
Integrity Index
BEEPS
Press Freedom Survey
Political Terror Scale
Global Competitiveness Index
World Governance Assessment
World Values Survey
State Failure Dataset
Women in Parliament
Governance Matters
Gender Empowerment
Measure
Index of Democracy
World Democracy
Audit
Failed States Index
Press Freedom Index
Democracy Index
Institutional Profiles Database
WeberianComparative State
Project
International Country Risk Guide
Human Rights Indicators
GAPS in Workers’ Rights
Corruption Perceptions
Index Bribe Payers
Index
Indicators of Local
Democratic Governance
CIRI Human Rights
Databse
Countries at the Crossroads
Civil Society Index
Economic Freedom of the World
Global Corruption Barometer
Rule of Law Index
Governance and Democracy Processes
Global Peace Index
Index of Human Rights
![Page 11: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
49 Global Sources for National Data on Development and Human
Rights• Online presence
• Measuring the relationship between states and citizens (Social Contract Data)
• Presenting data on multiple countries
• Current data (at least from 2008)
![Page 12: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Global Sources were coded for:
• Scope of data (geographic and thematic),
• North/South network position
• Types of data (comparative, quantitative, sources)
• online accessibility
• degree of digital media engagement
HYPTOTHESIS: a correlation between country-level engagement and digital engagement
![Page 13: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Showed little engagement,
• 1/2 –made data available for download
• 1/3 –online analysis
• 1/4 –used social media
• 1/5 –actual digital engagement
![Page 14: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
with no obvious correlations.
Digital Outreach by Data Source Characteristics
Type of
Data
Source
5 10% 2 8% 1 4% 3 13% 1 3%
27 55% 14 56% 14 56% 8 33% 19 58%
19 39% 6 24% 9 36% 2 8% 15 45%
6 12% 4 16% 4 16% 1 4% 4 12%
21 43% 7 28% 5 20% 3 13% 10 30%
5 10% 2 8% 4 16% 1 4% 0 0%
17 35% 2 8% 4 16% 3 13% 3 9%
1 2% 2 8% 4 16% 3 13% 0 0%
restricted download
free data download
any online analysis
custom online analysis
Any soc media Use
Significant soc media Use
any digital engagement
significant digital engagement
All Rights-focused
data
Initiatives w /
local partners
Inititives with
constitutive
engagement
Initiatives
producing
comparative
Digital Outreach
![Page 15: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Why are global data sources not geting wired?
• Different measurement objectives
• Path dependency
• A natural uptake
![Page 16: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Costs, opportunities and tradeoffs
Costs• investment in technical
capacities
• human resources
• software development
• institutional costs
Opportunities• Implementation costs• Better data
– contextualized– real-time– validated
• Engagement • Local actionability
Comparative data vs contextualized dataInternational vs national discourse
Perennial Trade-offs
![Page 17: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
But…
![Page 18: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
..even for comparative ranking advocates who do NOT wish to
–substantively engage with national actors,
–adjust methodologies to reflect lived realities, or
–expend resources on technology adaption,
There is always….
![Page 19: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
The Open Index: a minimal approach to digital engagement• Open Data
– Complete– Non-discriminatory & Machine Readable– Licensed open & non-proprietary
• Open Methods– Statistical methods (as suitable for academic pub)– Collection methods (including source selection)– Primary data documentation & links to original sources– Code sheets & background reports
• Open organisation– All organizations involved in collection & analysis– Funding sources
![Page 20: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Open Data is Used Data
![Page 21: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Registers of Actionability
• Data may be locally actionable for
–Policy
–Advocacy
–Research
![Page 22: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
The Cost of Closed
• Political and social capital for local actors
• Opportunity cost for capacities and knowledge
• A widening divide
![Page 23: The Open Índex](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022052622/5596688b1a28ab79128b4680/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
http://www.engineroom.no/data-sheets/
Presentation and international data source spreadsheetavalable at: