Overview of Six Mature Big Data Projects at the Bank

Drew Bent discusses six ongoing World Bank projects that leverage big data and the challenge of transforming the raw data into actionable insights. See the full session on IEG's YouTube channel.

Topics: Poverty Measurement and Analysis, Urban Development, Urban Transport
keywords:
Big Data, Satellite Data, Poverty Mapping, Urban Development, Transport, Agricultural Data, Disruptive technologies, Disruptive Technology, Decision-making, Decision Making, DT
Language:
English
Learning Mode:
Video
Date Added: May 2, 2017

About the Presenters

Drew Bent

Drew Bent is a student at MIT studying Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Physics. He is the 2016 recipient of the MIT Outstanding New Leader Award and is the youngest person to have worked at Sony Ericsson and Khan Academy (while in high school). In IEG, he is helping to analyze World Bank big data projects.

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Jesús Manuel

- Jul 3, 2018

great

Ki

- Jun 11, 2018

Interesting!

Janath

- Aug 2, 2017

Good triumph