Studies: M'sia behind neighbours in open data

The governments in Malaysia have fared poorly in making publicly owned data public, according to the results of five studies compiled by the Khazanah Research Institute (KRI).

A discussion paper by KRI research associate Ahmad Ashraf Ahmad Shaharudin, stated that Malaysian governments do not meet open data standards.

Ashraf said three of the studies suggested that Malaysia lagged behind the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia, as well as other developing countries...