World Bank Data
The World Bank has decided to make its development data freely and publicly available.
You can see it all at http://data.worldbank.org/.
The World Bank has always been public enemy number one for me (maybe number 2, the IMF is in hot contention). However, it must be applauded for this initiative.
The data is provided in a range of formats and even has an API so that developers can easily interact with it.
The World Bank have pointed to the work of Random Hack of Kindness as their inspiration for the initative.
Now all I need is a project that utilises this data. Any suggestions?