This open-source tool developed in collaboration with the IDB applies machine learning to review the quality of data used to determine eligibility for social programs in Colombia and the Dominican Republic. One of the keys to implementing or evaluating a social program is having good data. And, in this sense, well-designed information systems for social programs are key to … [Read more...] about Meet the Atypical Data Classifier, a system to review data quality for social programs
Code for Development
Code for Development (C4D) is an initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which allows governments, civil society and citizens to explore, reuse and contribute open source digital tools to support programs and projects aimed at social and economic development.
This tag brings together all the articles that have been written in Abierto al Público about "Code for Development", including explanatory articles about some tools in the C4D catalog, results and other updates.
Meet SmartReader, our open-source text analytics tool
At the IDB we are motivated to learn how open source tools for text analytics and other technology can help guide the task of finding relevant knowledge. With that in mind, we teamed up with the Institute for the Future to create SmartReader, a tool to share with others interested in open source collaboration and artificial intelligence. If you have ever worked on a literature … [Read more...] about Meet SmartReader, our open-source text analytics tool
Free software? Open source? We answer your questions
What is open-source software? Is that different from Free Software? And, can we trust something "open" to support public services? In our experiences promoting the IDB Code for Development initiative, we have heard these questions and others like them. The dynamic and collaborative nature within the technological ecosystem sometimes contributes to confusion. That is why we … [Read more...] about Free software? Open source? We answer your questions
Share your code to improve tax administration
One of the main sources of municipal government income is the property tax or real estate tax, although in most of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) the value collected has a low relative weight with respect to GDP, on average 0.39% of GDP vs 1.1% in OECD countries. In more than 16,000 municipal governments throughout LAC, there is a strong demand for … [Read more...] about Share your code to improve tax administration
(Re)use that code! Join the IDB Code Expedition
What if code and digital tools that the IDB and others have created were published and made freely available for governments and citizens to use, repurpose, and adapt to address our Region’s development challenges? Imagine, for instance, an app built to digitalize administrative processes in Chile could be used by … [Read more...] about (Re)use that code! Join the IDB Code Expedition