---
id: "govlab:project/project-open-datas-impact"
type: "GovLab project"
title: "Open Data's Impact"
url: "https://thegovlab.org/project/project-open-datas-impact"
authors: ["Denny Tek","Mark Adkins-Hastings","Claudio Mendonca","Batu Sayici","Christopher Wong","Andrew Young"]
summary: "What are the global impacts of open data?"
source: "The GovLab (thegovlab.org)"
licence: "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)"
---

# Open Data's Impact

What are the global impacts of open data?

Project website: [http://odimpact.org](http://odimpact.org)

## Background

Recent years have witnessed considerable enthusiasm over open data. Several studies have documented its potential to spur economic innovation and social transformation, and to usher in fresh forms of political and government accountability. Yet for all the enthusiasm, we know little about how open data actually works, and what forms of impact it is really having.

## Description

In collaboration with [Omidyar Network](https://www.omidyar.com/), the GovLab has conducted **19 detailed case studies of open data projects around the world** and developed a key findings paper describing lessons learned across the projects examined. The case studies were selected for their sectoral and geographic representativeness. They were built in part from secondary sources (“desk research”), but also from a number of first-hand interviews with important players and key stakeholders. The case studies, key findings paper and other resources will be posted on the Open Data’s Impact repository in early 2016.

## Location

- global

## Partners

- Omidyar Network

## Team

- [Denny Tek](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#denny-tek)
- [Mark Adkins-Hastings](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#mark-adkins-hastings)
- [Claudio Mendonca](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#claudio-mendonca)
- [Batu Sayici](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#batu-sayici)
- [Christopher Wong](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#christopher-wong)
- [Andrew Young](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#andrew-young)

## Additional resources

- [Wanted: Peer Reviewers on the Impact of Open Data](http://thegovlab.org/wanted-peer-reviewers-on-the-impact-of-open-data/)
- [The Impact of Open Data u2013 Initial Findings from Case Studies](http://thegovlab.org/the-impact-of-open-data-initial-findings-from-case-studies/)
- [New Project: Open Data Impact Studies](http://thegovlab.org/open-data-impact-studies/)
- [One-Pager](http://www.thegovlab.org/static/files/odimpact-one-pager.pdf)