Healthcare generates an unprecedented amount of data from electronic health records, medical imaging, genomics, and more. This data, when effectively harnessed, is proving to be key to unlocking ...

Innovative technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are transforming and modernizing how data is generated, collected, and analyzed across different industries. Specifically, innovative ...

Innovative technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are transforming and modernizing the way data is generated, collected, and analyzed across different industries and fields of study. 1 ...

Robert Kirkpatrick is Director of UN Global Pulse, an innovation initiative of the Secretary-General on big data and artificial intelligence. Felicia Vacarelu is the Communications Officer of UN ...

A new United Nations-backed initiative on timely Sustainable Development Goal data has people talking about the world’s natural resource in shortest supply—time. How would you feel about studying for ...

Businesses today are collecting huge volumes of data at incredibly high speeds. This influx of big data can seem overwhelming, especially if you aren’t sure how to analyze it. However, when this data ...

The world's population growth tells two stories: in many countries populations are aging, while in others, populations are getting younger. Projections show most countries will likely see shrinking ...

A drone's view of empty roads of Metro Manila during the pandemic. Data is now recognized as the “new oil” for the digital economy. While development actors have relied on traditional sources of data, ...

This semiannual flagship report, published in January and June, examines global economic developments, prospects, and policies, with a focus on emerging market and developing economies. The June 2020 ...