Was 2020 a watershed for public sector use of algorithms?
Last year saw public protests about the use of predictive analytics in decision making. As the technology becomes more widely used in many public services, Sam Trendall asks experts about the implications for government, the law – and the citizens affected
A protest about the use o algorithms in exam results. Photo: PA
If government did not know it has an algorithm problem, it certainly does now.
“There is a clear, and understandable, nervousness about the use and consequences of algorithms, exacerbated by the events of this summer,” said the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation in a major report published in late November.
The value of digital and data development in lower middle income countries
The value of digital and data development in lower middle income countries
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Date: 20 January 2021
Time: 17:00-18:00
The value of digital and data development in lower middle income countries – evidence from Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) s work in East Africa.
Mike Rose (CABI Associate)
For many years donors such as DFID (now FCDO), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and others have invested significant sums of money in trying to assist lower income countries in their digital and data development. Often, as we have seen elsewhere, the investments made do not necessarily achieve the expected value. CABI have been developing an understanding of these types of investments, why they do not deliver as expected and developing an approach to ensure going forward investments have a greater chance of achieving the value they set out to
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