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Joshua Blumenstock’s profile on The Conversation

Researchers say micro-data on poverty from across the global South can help policymakers target those in need.

Social Thursday, 06 May 2021 10:13 (Togo First) - Geospatial and demographic data analyzed by predictive algorithms enabled the Togolese government to refine targeting and optimize the second phase of its Novissi cash transfer program, supported by the international NGO GiveDirectly.  AI used to support Novissi Artificial intelligence tools have been made available by the World Bank, through the International Development Association (IDA) as part of the Single Identification Program for regional integration and inclusion in West Africa.  The 100 poorest cantons in T...

Sponsored by: Computer Science Department Intended Audience(s): Public Categories: Lectures & Seminars Abstract: As Covid-19 spreads in low and middle-income countries, economic disruptions have left hundreds of millions without work or income, precipitating the first rise in global extreme poverty in over 20 years. To offset the pandemic’s most devastating effects, national policymakers and humanitarian organizations are scrambling to provide emergency humanitarian aid to those who need it most. But determining “those who need it most” is difficult in many poor and conflict-affected co...