Big Data for Development: Challenges & Opportunities

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big data for Development: Challenges & Opportunities May 2012 2 Acknowledgements This paper was developed by UN Global Pulse, an initiative based in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General United Nations. Global Pulse is grateful to the Government of Australia, Government of Sweden, the Government of the United Kingdom, UNDP, UNICEF, WFP and the UN s Department of Public Information to their generous support to the initiative. The paper was written by Emmanuel Letouz , Senior Development Economist (2011), with research support from current and former Global Pulse colleagues who provided resources, feedback and helped shape the ideas that inform the contents of this paper. It was edited by Anoush Rima Tatevossian and Robert Kirkpatrick, with copyediting support from Cassandra Hendricks. The production and design of the report was supported by Charlotte Friedman.

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