Big data can have a ‘big impact’ on achievement of Global Goals
Eco-Business.com | May 19, 2017
Big data - extremely large sets of data which are used to analyse patterns and trends relating to human relations and interactions - can help map out global poverty from space or track humanity’s progress towards food security.Mastering and measuring ‘big data’ – to map poverty from space or use mobile phones to track food security – could boost evidence-based decision-making at local and global levels and drive the implementation of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).