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#120 – Audrey Tang on what we can learn from Taiwan’s experiments with how to do democracy

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Taiwan's Embracement of Open Data & API-First Approach to Enable Civic Innovation

Taiwan's government's embrace of open data and real-time APIs allows individuals and companies to access and leverage government data for creating innovative services. By providing open APIs that update regularly, such as real-time inventory information, Taiwan enables customization of data interpretation and service delivery. This approach fosters rapid iteration in service development, eliminating the need for new procurement contracts. Taiwanese government services prioritize making data accessible via APIs, unless there are privacy or security concerns, leading to a norm where non-sensitive information is expected to be available in a data-first, API-first manner, promoting transparency and innovation.

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