Informing Governance with Social Media Mining
In 2016, the first live televised Presidential debates were held in Uganda as a precursor to the general elections that took place in February and March 2016. With support from the United …
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Crowdsourcing Taxonomies to Inform Development and Humanitarian Action
Pulse Lab Jakarta launched Translator Gator in 2016, a language game to create text mining dictionaries for recognizing sustainable development-related conversations across ASEAN countries. In 2017, the Lab released Translator …
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Using Interactive Visualisations To Inform Governance And Peace Targets In Ghana
Pulse Lab Kampala worked to create interactive, user-friendly visualizations to present the results of the Governance and Peace Poll (GaP). The GaP poll is a nationally representative public opinion tracking …
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Accessing Spatial Data To Study Biodiversity and Devise Protection Strategies in Zimbabwe
Biodiversity, the diversity of life makes our planet unique and our lives possible. National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP) are defined to help prevent biodiversity loss. NBSAPs define set …
Putting People’s Voices at the Centre of Development Using Big Data Analytics
A wide range of consultations has taken place in Uganda to review the progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and developing the Post-2015 national development agenda. In …
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Analysing Large-Scale News Media Content for Early Warning of Conflict
A feasibility study conducted by UN Global Pulse and UNDP explored how data mining of large-scale online news data could complement existing tools and information for conflict analysis and early …
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Monitoring Household Coping Strategies During Complex Crises
With support through Global Pulse’s “Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund,” United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) undertook a study to determine the household coping …
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