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Data and information management are key components of enabling a knowledge-sharing environment in the development sector. Improved physical and virtual availability, accessibility, and applicability of data and information increases the chances of it reaching intended audiences and providing them with new insights, evidence, or confirmation of assumptions. In this Special Issue of the KM4Dev Journal: Open research, open data, and your development organization: Best practices in information and data management for development we present six cases of open access and open data management approaches in diverse institutional settings around the world. Novel open data management tools and practices aim to support the discovery of solutions and answers to some of the world's most complicated problems; the data for which were previously hidden in numerous unpublished data sets with restricted access. There is increasing evidence that data quality increases as data collection is automated, and its analytical methods improved; therefore many organizations are currently addressing the technical and organizational challenges of open data management, trying to provide the components that will strengthen data curatorial and analytical capacity. From the digitization of documents for the Greek Parliament to the management of data and information for a large network of bean research organizations in Africa, we share how institutions of all types are working to make information openly available, accessible, and applicable for the purpose of global development. ; Peer Review

Digital trends in Latin American politics (1990-2012) --. - A Latin spring? : examining digital diffusion and youth bulges in forecasting political change in Latin America --. - A digital sublime or divide? : the impact of information communication technology on the poor in Latin America --. - Designing open data policies in Latin America --. - Some notes on the experiences with the use of technology and electronic voting in Latin America --. - South American politics in the information age : a study of political parties and MPs on the Net in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay --. - Crafting a new parliamentary dialogue sphere? : the Web and political communication in the current Venezuelan National Assembly --. - Social movements, democratic participation and ICTs --. - Social change and social media : incorporating social networking sites into activism in Latin America --. - Slacktivism or efficiency-increased activism? : online political participation and the Brazilian Ficha Limpa anti-corruption campaign --. - Social media and diaspora activism : participating in the Argentine Elections 2011 from abroad --. - Claiming citizenship : Web-based voice and digital media in socialist Cuba --. - Re-assessing ICT for democratic governance in Latin America