World Bank to Launch Apps For Development Challenge
May 5, 2010
The World Bank has just announced that it is opening up access to its databases for free so that developers can use the data “to create new analyses, new tools
The World Bank has just announced that it is opening up access to its databases for free so that developers can use the data “to create new analyses, new tools
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