The immense growth in networked devices has led to an exponential concurrent growth in collected data which has come to be known as ‘big data’. Big data has been acknowledged over the last decade as a new technology field, which provides policymakers with insights relevant to planning and decision-making.
On 18 December, ESCWA organized a webinar on “Localized Big Data Applications for Supporting Decision-Making”, as part of the ITU Emerging Technologies for Development Week dedicated to the Arab and Africa regions.
During the webinar, participants reviewed a big data application that ESCWA has been working on to explore and analyze the potential to affirm new insights, confirm estimates and support decision-making.
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22 Dec 2020
Localized big data applications for decision-making
