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¿Cómo investigar contratación pública en Ecuador? Guía práctica para periodistas
Quito: Periodistas Sin Cadenas (2022), 37 pp.
"La contratación pública es uno de los temas que puede resultar más complicado para los periodistas, pero no imposible. Las reglas que rodean este ámbito son complejas, incluso para los funcionarios públicos. Los documentos generalmente son difíciles de entender y, en Ecuador, muchas veces has
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Mapping the Public Voice for Development: Natural Language Processing of Social Media Text Data
Manila: Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2022), xi, 114 pp.
"This report aims to introduce techniques and procedures of NLP (Natural Language Processing), the computational preparation and analysis of text data, to map the public voice and aid development. First, the report introduces essential concepts of communication and elaborates on the theoretical foun
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"New data sources related to socio-economic development should improve journalistic reporting. Still, despite an abundance of open data in Kyrgyzstan, journalists may face delays in getting quick access to important datasets. Goal: To facilitate the access to development-related information for jour
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Data Ethics Toolkit: A companion to the Data Ethics Guidebook
Oakland, Cal.: Informing Change (2022), 21 pp.
"This Toolkit is a companion resource to the Guidebook for Ethical Thinking. Its contents represent practical tools for putting the Guidebook recommendations into practice, from a one-page map for ethical thinking to customizable consent forms to Stories from the Field." (Page 2)
Harnessing the Potential of Big Data in Post-Pandemic Southeast Asia
Manila: Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2022), 44 pp.
"This publication is the last of four reports from a regional study completed in 2021 and funded by the technical assistance of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Policy Advice for COVID-19 Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia. The project supports the recovery efforts of Southeast Asian countries t
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Data Ethics Guidebook: Cultivating an Ethical Mindset in Research & Evaluation
Oakland, Cal.: Informing Change (2022), 37 pp.
Data for Development: Harnessing Digital Media Intelligence
London: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (2022), 4 pp.
"Internet access is exploding around the world. In the 10 years up to 2021, the proportion of people around the world with access to the internet grew from 33 to 63%, and by 2022 the number of active social media users hit 4.62 billion. Policymakers and opinion formers have an opportunity to tap int
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New Perspectives in Critical Data Studies: The Ambivalences of Data Power
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2022), xxv, 473 pp.
"This Open Access book examines the ambivalences of data power. Firstly, the ambivalences between global infrastructures and local invisibilities challenge the grand narrative of the ephemeral nature of a global data infrastructure. They make visible local working and living conditions, and the reso
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Open Science for Peacebuilding Toolkit
Berlin: Global Innovation Gathering (GIG); Vilsquare (2022), 43 pp.
"The aim of this Open Science and Peacebuilding Toolkit is to provide an open, living collection of resources for innovation hubs operating in conflict or post-conflict environments, creating a joint framework for open science and peacebuilding in action. It seeks to enable makerspaces across the wo
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Data Governance, Asian Alternatives: How India and Korea Are Creating New Models and Policies
Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (2022), 114 pp.
"This volume highlights some of the alternative models that have originated in two major Asian democracies, India and South Korea. It compares these two countries’ distinctive approaches through case studies that demonstrate just how much more complex the world will be than the common-place predic
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Access Rules: Freeing Data from Big Tech for a Better Future
Oakland, Cal.: University of California Press (2022), 209 pp.
"Access Rules mounts a strong and hopeful argument for how informational tools at present in the hands of a few could instead become empowering machines for everyone. By forcing data-hoarding companies to open access to their data, we can reinvigorate both our economy and our society. Authors Viktor
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How Big Data Can Bolster Autocratic Legitimacy (Via the Rhetoric of Safety and Convenience)
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2022), 14 pp.
"This Policy Brief examines the different ways in which big data collection serves autocratic agendas by hiding the oppressive potential of heightened surveillance through promises of enhanced safety, convenience, and modernisation. Political actors with autocratic agendas can package their governan
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Data sovereignty in agricultural value chains
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2022), 50 pp.
Development Research in Practice: The DIME Analytics Data Handbook
Key Guides
Washington, DC: World Bank (2021), xviii, 209 pp.
"Development Research in Practice: The DIME Analytics Data Handbook is intended to teach all users of development data how to handle data effectively, efficiently, and ethically. An empirical revolution has changed the face of development research over the last decade. Increasingly, researchers are
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We Need to Talk About Data: Framing the Debate Around Free Flow of Data and Data Sovereignty
Internet and Jurisdiction Policy Network (2021), 55 pp.
"On the one hand, “Free Flow of Data” is advocated by many as a critical enabler of digital transformation, innovation, economic growth and social benefits. At the same time, various concerns related to privacy, taxation, competition, security, and even the democratic process, have prompted poli
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Private Daten: Unsere Spuren in der digitalen Welt
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2021), 107 pp.
"Jeder von uns hinterlässt Datenspuren, beim Surfen, Onlineshopping und in den Social Media. Es sind der Staat, die Wirtschaft, aber auch Kriminelle, die Zugang zu diesen Daten haben oder sich zu verschaffen wissen. Dieser Sachverhalt hat große Bedeutung für den Einzelnen, aber auch für die demo
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DPPD Handbook: A Step-By-Step Guide for Development Practitioners to Apply the Data Powered Positive Deviance Method
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2021), 138 pp.
"Positive Deviance (PD) is based on the observation that in every community or organization, there are a few individuals who achieve significantly better outcomes than their peers, despite having similar challenges and resources. These individuals are referred to as positive deviants, and adopting t
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