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Spurring Development and Combating Disease with Mobile Phone Data

Article
Voices & Views

International telecommunications company Orange, recently tested the potential for Big Data to contribute to development when it released anonymous data from five million-plus cell phone users in Cote d’Ivoire and invited...

Africa
Europe
United Kingdom
Health
Infectious disease control
Digitalisation
+1
Big Data
4477
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Stepping Up Flexible Support for Media and Freedom of Expression

Article
Voices & Views

The explosion of on line journalism, blogging and social media has given anyone the technical capacity to become a news publisher, putting the spotlight on the key issues of training and safety.

Asia
Syria
Europe
Capacity Development
Democracy
Digitalisation
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning
5913
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0
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Cyber Activism and the Tunisian Revolution – an Insiders' Testimony

Article
Voices & Views

Social media did not "cause" the end of Ben Ali’s reign last year, but it played a vital role in accelerating the course of events and enhancing the citizens' capacity to impact political events, according to Tunisian cyber...

Africa
Tunisia
Europe
Communicating Development Cooperation
Digitalisation
7211
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0
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