Is open data making a difference in Asia? | GovInsider

"For years, governments have been talking about the value of “open data” – publishing government information so that citizens can use it in their projects. But what has this actually achieved? GovInsider caught up with Andreas Pawelke, Lab Director of Open Data Labs (ODL) Jakarta, an organisation that identifies social problems that can be solved by open data. “We try to empower local actors from society through access to government data, and by helping them use it,” he says. ODL has three stories of how this data has made a real difference to people’s lives."