Nowcasting
Below are all our blog posts with the tag "Nowcasting"

Using Ride-hailing Data for Sustainable Transport Systems
As traffic congestion in modern cities becomes more complex and dynamic, continuous streams of data with high spatio-temporal coverage are important for transport planning to better meet the mobility needs

How Might Non-Conventional Data Fill Data-Gaps and Contribute to Monitoring our Agri-Food Systems at Higher Resolutions
Some time ago, we published a blog, on the need for non-conventional data and data analytics to help fill data gaps, and contribute to the understanding of our complex agri-food

Nowcasting Inflation to Understand Indonesia’s Economic Growth
A country’s inflation rate can provide a sense of the health of its economy, or in everyday terms — when a country’s money is starting to gain or lose value. Inflation is

Science for the SDGs: Looking for the First Cohort of Data Fellows
In today’s world, where opinions are frequently taken as facts, and more often than not there is too much hype without substance, it is more important than ever to back

Big Data for Development in Action: the Global Pulse Project Series
The Global Pulse Project Series showcases data innovation projects carried out with our partners across the network of Pulse Labs in New York, Jakarta and Kampala. The projects have been

Information Seeking Behavior
Global Pulse is looking for signals that could be used as proxy indicators for collective changes in human behaviors in response to the early impacts of crises. In addition to