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Data Networks: Towards Realizing the Extraordinariness of Data as a Resource
To unlock data as a resource, one solution is new types of data aggregators that bring together public and private data and grant access to data to the right actors for the right reasons. At UN Global Pulse (and elsewhere), we call them data networks.
Joint Statement on Data Protection and Privacy in the COVID-19 Response
A Joint Statement on Data Protection and Privacy in the COVID-19 response was issued today after endorsement by UN System Organizations.
COVID-19 pandemic: countries urged to take stronger action to stop spread of harmful information
Joint release by WHO, UN, UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO, UNAIDS, ITU, UN Global Pulse, and IFRC
Data Strategising with the UN in Asia Pacific
Data is the lifeblood of decision-making, but how should public administrators navigate the digital deluge and who should be joining them on the journey? Can Big Data augment official statistics,
Can Mobile Phone Traces Help Shed Light on the Spread of Zika in Colombia?
By Daniela Perrotta, ISI Foundation researcher and UN Global Pulse fellow Nowadays, thanks to the continuous growth of the transport infrastructures, millions of people travel every day around the world,
Finding the balance: Right to privacy and the drive to innovate in the UN
This article was originally published in the website of the United Nations Development Group (UNDG). Access it here. It is now more and more accepted that big data (distinguished by
A Big Data Exploration Project: Mining online data for insights on child marriage
This is Part II of a series of posts on a collaboration between UN Global Pulse and the Packard Foundation. The collaboration emphasized the “learning by doing” process of designing a
Translator Gator: Phase I Wrap Up
UN Global Pulse recently finished the Phase I implementation of Translator Gator, a language game that builds taxonomies for research initiatives. Hundreds of people from across Indonesia engaged with the
The Importance of Big Data Partnerships for Sustainable Development
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s High Level Panel has called for a “data revolution” for sustainable development; such a revolution has already arrived in the private sector. But forward-thinking companies
