World Wide Data

Author : Asli Demirguc-Kunt,Leora Klapper,Dorothe Singer,Saniya Ansar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464812682

Get Book

The Global Findex Database 2017 by Asli Demirguc-Kunt,Leora Klapper,Dorothe Singer,Saniya Ansar Pdf

In 2011 the World Bank—with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—launched the Global Findex database, the world's most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. Drawing on survey data collected in collaboration with Gallup, Inc., the Global Findex database covers more than 140 economies around the world. The initial survey round was followed by a second one in 2014 and by a third in 2017. Compiled using nationally representative surveys of more than 150,000 adults age 15 and above in over 140 economies, The Global Findex Database 2017: Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution includes updated indicators on access to and use of formal and informal financial services. It has additional data on the use of financial technology (or fintech), including the use of mobile phones and the Internet to conduct financial transactions. The data reveal opportunities to expand access to financial services among people who do not have an account—the unbanked—as well as to promote greater use of digital financial services among those who do have an account. The Global Findex database has become a mainstay of global efforts to promote financial inclusion. In addition to being widely cited by scholars and development practitioners, Global Findex data are used to track progress toward the World Bank goal of Universal Financial Access by 2020 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The database, the full text of the report, and the underlying country-level data for all figures—along with the questionnaire, the survey methodology, and other relevant materials—are available at www.worldbank.org/globalfindex.

Author : Alfonso Asensio
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781947843042

Get Book

World Wide Data by Alfonso Asensio Pdf

The world is currently in the midst of a data revolution. Consumers now inhabit a digital world and companies have no option but to follow them there. Governments are reviewing the rules of usage for consumer data in marketing and advertising in order to take advantage of the huge economic opportunity that the data driven economy represents. Companies, recognizing the opportunity, are hurrying to adapt by digitalizing their processes. They are putting pressure on their managers and working teams to learn how to make best use of the technology capabilities and their data resources. What is more, premier national companies have to compete in a global business field where their Silicon Valley-breed competitors have a substantial advantage in terms of digitalization and data usage. Written in plain English with illustrative examples and cases, this book is for the general manager who seeks a better grasp of this fast-changing business world and a better understanding of what will be required from he/she, not just now but in five years’ time.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022044247

Get Book

World-wide Military Expenditures and Related Data by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Bureau of Economic Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Armed Forces
ISBN : UOM:39015010914136

Get Book

World-wide Military Expenditures and Related Data by United States. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Bureau of Economic Affairs Pdf

Author : Davies, Tim,Walker, Stephen B.,Rubinstein, Mor
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781928331957

Get Book

The State of Open Data by Davies, Tim,Walker, Stephen B.,Rubinstein, Mor Pdf

It’s been ten years since open data first broke onto the global stage. Over the past decade, thousands of programmes and projects around the world have worked to open data and use it to address a myriad of social and economic challenges. Meanwhile, issues related to data rights and privacy have moved to the centre of public and political discourse. As the open data movement enters a new phase in its evolution, shifting to target real-world problems and embed open data thinking into other existing or emerging communities of practice, big questions still remain. How will open data initiatives respond to new concerns about privacy, inclusion, and artificial intelligence? And what can we learn from the last decade in order to deliver impact where it is most needed? The State of Open Data brings together over 60 authors from around the world to address these questions and to take stock of the real progress made to date across sectors and around the world, uncovering the issues that will shape the future of open data in the years to come.

Author : Gerry McGovern
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-13
Category : Electronic waste
ISBN : 9781916444621

Get Book

World Wide Waste: How Digital Is Killing Our Planet—and What We Can Do About It by Gerry McGovern Pdf

Speaking out when it's unpopular. Back in the day, Henry David Thoreau raged at the robber barons-the big shots of their age, despoiling the environment in the name of progress. Deep in the throes of the seemingly unstoppable growth of tech, a modern-day Thoreau has emerged in the guise of Gerry McGovern-decrying the massive, hidden negative impacts of tech on the environment. McGovern has thoroughly documented in World Wide Waste how tech damages the Earth-and what we should be doing about it. It is not just the acres of discarded computer hardware conveniently dumped in Third World countries. Every time an email is downloaded it contributes to global warming. Every tweet, search, check of a webpage creates pollution. Digital is physical. Those data centers are not in the Cloud. They're on land in massive physical buildings packed full of computers hungry for energy. It seems invisible. It seems cheap and free. It's not. Digital costs the Earth.

Author : Georges Kotrotsios
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781527566910

Get Book

Data, New Technologies, and Global Imbalances by Georges Kotrotsios Pdf

We are familiar with the idea that technology is neutral, and that its impact depends only on how it is used. This traditional view has, however, become untenable. Because of its nature and its complex interplay with industry, the economy, and society, technology is no longer neutral. This change is being driven by the pervasiveness of data, which today are generated everywhere at an unpreceded pace because several technologies are currently reaching maturity. Data shape the world around us, in a trend that is commonly referred to as “digitalization”. This trend is apparent in every aspect of our lives, ranging from our personal environment and health to transportation, energy generation and management, and industry. Digitalization itself generates value, enabling the creation of new products and services. It also fosters technological and business innovation in other fields, including the manufacturing industry, and acts as a lever with which to promote growth. Digitalization, however, also creates imbalances, and this happens due to its very nature. Such imbalances appear between different parts of the globe and within individual geographical spaces. This book explores the multiplicity of mechanisms associated with the growing role that technology and data are playing in the creation of imbalances, and goes on to identify certain paths that lead toward mitigation. Should we make data publicly accessible, and in a transparent way? How can policymakers empower governments to address global and local imbalances, particularly those generated by technology and data? Do we need a global data-governance structure that—like the World Trade Organization for commerce—regulates data use and access?

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Communication, International
ISBN : PURD:32754075578421

Get Book

International Data Flow by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights Pdf

Author : N. Padmaja,Rajalakshmi Subramaniam,Sanjay Mohapatra
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781835493403

Get Book

Big Data Analytics for the Prediction of Tourist Preferences Worldwide by N. Padmaja,Rajalakshmi Subramaniam,Sanjay Mohapatra Pdf

Big Data Analytics for the Prediction of Tourist Preferences Worldwide explores the benefits, importance and demonstrates how Big Data can be applied in predicting tourist preferences and delivering tourism services in a customer friendly manner.

Author : Bruce Mutsvairo,Saba Bebawi,Eddy Borges-Rey
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030251772

Get Book

Data Journalism in the Global South by Bruce Mutsvairo,Saba Bebawi,Eddy Borges-Rey Pdf

This volume seeks to analyse the emerging wave of data journalism in the Global South. It does so by examining trends, developments and opportunities for data journalism in the aforementioned contexts. Whilst studies in this specific form of journalism are increasing in numbers and significance, there remains a dearth of literature on data journalism in less developed regions of the world. By demonstrating an interest in data journalism across countries including Chile, Argentina, the Philippines, South Africa and Iran, among others, this volume contributes to multifaceted transnational debates on journalism, and is a crucial reference text for anyone interested in data journalism in the ‘developing’ world. Drawing on a range of voices from different fields and nations, sharing empirical and theoretical experiences, the volume aims to initiate a global dialogue among journalism practitioners, researchers and students.

Author : Graham R. Rhind
Publisher : Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0566084058

Get Book

Practical International Data Management by Graham R. Rhind Pdf

This book enables businesses to understand the difficulties and issues surrounding data collection on an international basis. It explains how to set up, collect and manage name and address data in a business environment from an international perspective. Achieving quality data collection will enable businesses to save money and keep their now sophisticated customers satisfied. The role of the internet and its effect on this area are discussed in detail.

Author : United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher : Potomac Books
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 157488641X

Get Book

The World Factbook 2003 by United States. Central Intelligence Agency Pdf

By intelligence officials for intelligent people

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Industries
ISBN : UIUC:30112087834393

Get Book

Industrial International Data Base by Anonim Pdf

Author : U.S. Geodynamics Committee. Working Group 10b on Data Centers and Repositories
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Geodynamics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004640434

Get Book

Directory of U.S. Data Repositories Supporting the International Geodynamics Project by U.S. Geodynamics Committee. Working Group 10b on Data Centers and Repositories Pdf

Author : UNICEF.
Publisher : UNICEF
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789280644425

Get Book

State of the World's Children by UNICEF. Pdf

On 20 November 2009, the global community celebrates the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the unique document that sets international standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below age 18. To celebrate this landmark, the United Nations Children's Fund is dedicating a special edition of its flagship report The State of the World's Children to examining the Convention's evolution, progress achieved on child rights, challenges remaining, and actions to be taken to ensure that its promise becomes a reality for all children.