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Ever since its first rise in the early 2010s, Open Government Data (OGD) has encountered fluctuating waves of momentum, but is now soaring again in relevance and popularity, propelled by the global megatrends in light of sustainable development and crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Holding numerous socio-economic and political imperatives, as well as the practical objectives of enhancing people engagement and boosting government transparency and accountability, among others, OGD has found itself again as a potential means towards the accelerated implementation the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in this Decade of Action. Nonetheless, there is an ongoing need to assess the actual sustainable public value of OGD. To this end, this paper continues the assessment of OGD development trends using the second pilot of the Open Government Data Index (OGDI), riding on the widely recognised and updated methodology of the United Nations E-Government Development Index. Through its three-pillar framework consisting of Policy, Platform and Impact, empirical analysis of the OGDI offered various global and regional trends and insights on the provision of key OGD features across all 193 Member States of the United Nations, while discussing OGD's potential impact in delivering sustainable outcomes. Acknowledging the limitations of the OGDI, however, this paper calls for further developing this index to better inform OGD policies and encourages other initiatives to further explore enhancements and develop research to enable richer, demand-driven, and outcome-oriented OGD assessments.
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