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Big Data Innovation For
Sustainable Development
Cape Town, South Africa | 16 January, 2017
Harnessing Big Data
for the SDGs
Robert Kirkpatrick,
Director, UN Global Pulse
An innovation initiative of the UN Secretary-General
UN Global Pulse
Vision: Big data harnessed responsibly as a public good
Mission: Accelerate discovery and adoption of big data innovation for sustainable development and humanitarian action
Pulse Lab NYC 2010
Pulse Lab Jakarta 2012
Pulse Lab Kampala 2015
Image credit: Eric Fischer, 2014
Image credit: Eric Fischer, 2014
“WE NEED A DATA REVOLUTION FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT”
survey data big data
There may actually be at least three different data
revolutions underway...
1. Measurement 2. Management 3. Accountability
“What People Say” Online news
Social media
Retail advertising
Radio & TV
“What People Do”
Online search
Mobile phone usage
Transaction records
Postal traffic
New digital data sources that
reveal behaviour change
DATA PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES
http://www.unglobalpulse.org/privacy-and-data-protection
data philanthropy
Innovation in the field
Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis, Ph.D
Manager, Pulse Lab Kampala
radio mining
radio mining
Automatic
counting of
structures
smart waste
smart waste
Atm transactions
Atm transactions
Hazer gazer
Social media & food prices
Big Data: Opportunities and Challenges Daniel F. Runde (moderator)
Director, Project on U.S. Leadership in Development, CSIS
Enda Ginting
Assistant Deputy, Analysis and Management of Priority Programs,
Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia
Arif Husain
Chief Economist and Director of Food Security Analysis and Trends Service,
UN WFP
Mallory Soldner
Advanced Analytics Manager, UPS
Juan Murillo Arías
Territorial Analysis Manager, BBVA Data & Analytics
Highlighting new resources
Benjamin Kumpf
Policy Specialist, Innovation, UNDP
Rebecca Furst-Nichols
Deputy Director, Data2X, UN Foundation
Sriganesh Lokanathan
Team Leader, Big Data for Development, LIRNEasia
John Quinn
Data Scientist, Pulse Lab Kampala
Robert Kirkpatrick
Director, UN Global Pulse
A guide to data innovation
undp.org/innovation
Unglobalpulse.org
Big Data and the Well-Being of Women and Girls
Remote sensing/geospatial
Improved spatial and temporal resolution of pre-existing data, e.g.
household surveys
Tracking of vulnerable subpopulations
Digital exhaust (CDRs & credit cards)
Real-time expenditure and mobility patterns, by sex
Analysis of economic resilience in the face of shocks and
stressors
Internet activity
Social media as a database of emotions and ideas
Tracking mental health trends, other issues of concern
3 pilots:
@Data2X Next steps: Scaling up
Big data for development in Sri Lanka & Bangladesh @ LIRNEasia
http://lirneasia.net/projects/bd4d/
• We conduct big data analytics using data from private sector & government; study its impacts on society and the marketplace; and facilitate evidence to policy in the use of big data
• Our big data research insights on transportation and urban planning are being used by the Sri Lankan government in both the planning and implementation stages of the Western Region Megapolis Project (WRMP).
• Partnerships ongoing or being initiated with government in diverse areas: urban and transportation planning, health, official statistics, etc.
• Mainstreaming data partnerships with the state and private sectors:
– Leverage growing demand for data literacy in both the private and state sectors
– Sequencing activities based on local context
– Guidelines for Third-Party Use of Big Data Generated by Mobile Network Operators (https://goo.gl/lbM495)
www.datascienceafrica.org
Integrating Big Data Into M&E Programmes A resource for practitioners
Closing Remarks Bitange Ndemo Associate Professor, University of Nairobi Business School
World Data Lab
January 2017
- Making everyone count -
worlddata.io
Why does our work matter?
• How many poor people are in the world at the moment?
• Where do the poor people live in Kenya? (Subnational data model)
• How long will I live for?
Leadership Team – worlddata.io
Homi Kharas (Chief Economic Advisor) Florian Schlochow (Chief Technology Officer)
Wolfgang Fengler (Advisor) Bitange Ndemo (VP Africa)
Linet Kwamboka (Director Africa) Charmaine Taus (Operations)
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