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This book exploresthe power of greater openness, accountability, and transparency in digitalinformation and government data for the nations of Southeast Asia. The author demonstratesthat, although the term "open data" seems to be self-explanatory, it involvesan evolving ecosystem of complex domains. Through empirical case studies, thisbook explains how governments in the ASEAN may harvest the benefits of opendata to maximize their productivity, efficiency and innovation. The book alsoinvestigates how increasing digital divides in the population, boundaries tocivil society, and shortfalls in civil and political rights threaten to arrestopen data in early development, which may hamper post-2015 development agendasin the region. With robust open data policies and clear roadmaps, member statesof the ASEAN can harvest the promising opportunities of open data in theirparticular developmental, institutional and legal settings. Governments, policymakers, entrepreneurs and academics will gain a clearer understanding of the factorsthat enable open data from this timely research.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: OpenData: A Short History.- Chapter 3: OpenData in Southeast Asia.- Chapter 4: Opportunitiesand Challenges in Open Data.- Chapter 5: Conclusionand Outlook: Towards Economic Union, Urban Resilience, and Participatory Policy Making.- Appendix 1: Study Results.
About the author
Manuel Stagars is a senior researcher at Singapore-ETH Centre
(SEC), a research campus in Singapore of the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology (ETH). Manuel leads the project ASEAN+Database at SEC, creating an open data platform
from ASEAN member countries, China, and India. He is focusing on technological
and institutional aspects of open data, big data, and data policy. An
economist by training and a global serial entrepreneur for over a decade, he is
also supporting start-ups as an angel investor and is advising corporate and
private clients. Manuel studied at the London School of Economics (LSE, UK),
and he is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Chartered Alternative Investment
Analyst (CAIA), and Energy Risk Professional (ERP).
Summary
This book explores
the power of greater openness, accountability, and transparency in digital
information and government data for the nations of Southeast Asia. The author demonstrates
that, although the term “open data” seems to be self-explanatory, it involves
an evolving ecosystem of complex domains. Through empirical case studies, this
book explains how governments in the ASEAN may harvest the benefits of open
data to maximize their productivity, efficiency and innovation. The book also
investigates how increasing digital divides in the population, boundaries to
civil society, and shortfalls in civil and political rights threaten to arrest
open data in early development, which may hamper post-2015 development agendas
in the region. With robust open data policies and clear roadmaps, member states
of the ASEAN can harvest the promising opportunities of open data in their
particular developmental, institutional and legal settings. Governments, policy
makers, entrepreneurs and academics will gain a clearer understanding of the factors
that enable open data from this timely research.
