Global Pulse is an innovation initiative of the UN Secretary-General, harnessing today's new world of digital data and real-time analytics to gain a better understanding of changes in human well-being.
Pulse Lab Kampala will be a physical space where software developers, designers and analysts can work together to address pressing problems around crisis impact monitoring by utilizing real-time information and new technologies.
Global Pulse is predicated on the understanding that today “new data” is being generated as a by-product of people’s activities at a rate that is unprecedented in human history.
In time for its Annual Meeting in Davos, the World Economic Forum has published a new white paper entitled "Big Data, Big Impact: New Possibilities for International Development".
The WEF paper...
How do you find indicators for changes human well-being in “big data”? How do you know which “digital signals” are relevant enough to warrant further investigation? These questions are at the core...
As Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon noted in a briefing about Global Pulse to the UN General Assembly last month: “The private sector is analyzing this new data to understand its customers in real-time...
This past Thursday, December 1, was World Aids Day - one of the most recognised international health days and a key opportunity to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV...
In recognition of World AIDS Day, Global Pulse presents to you…
World AIDS Day in the Twitterverse.
In collaboration with our partners at Crimson Hexagon, Global Pulse has been looking at all...
On 19 November, 2011 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon met with Indonesia’s Minister for National Development Planning / Head of BAPPENAS Prof. Dr. Armida S. Alisjahbana and other...