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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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Data Altruism: How the EU is Screwing Up a Good Idea
Berlin: Algorithm Watch (2021), 8 pp.
"The EU dreams of a “common European data space”. Data protection is and remains the elephant in this data room. So long as the anti-processing straitjacket of the GDPR is not loosened even a little for altruistic purposes, there will be little hope for data innovations from Europe. In any case,
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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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The Data Journalism Handbook: Towards a Critical Data Practice
Key Guides
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2021), 415 pp.
"The Data Journalism Handbook provides a rich and panoramic introduction to data journalism, combining both critical reflection and practical insight. It offers a diverse collection of perspectives on how data journalism is done around the world and the broader consequences of datafication in the ne
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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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Emerging technology trends: Artificial intelligence and big data for development 4.0
Geneva: ITU (2021), xv, 87 pp.
"Intended as a guide for policy-makers and other stakeholders in crafting a national AI and data strategy for development, the report highlights opportunities and outlines good policy and regulatory practices for implementation, while also flagging key challenges and offering hands-on suggestions in
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Better Data Visualizations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks
New York: Columbia University Press (2021), xi, 449 pp.
"This book details essential strategies to create more effective data visualizations. Jonathan Schwabish walks readers through the steps of creating better graphs and how to move beyond simple line, bar, and pie charts. Through more than five hundred examples, he demonstrates the do's and don'ts of
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Festín de datos: Empresas y datos personales en América Latina
Bogotá: Dejusticia (2020), 204 pp.
Guía de recolección de datos de personas migrantes
Montevideo: ILDA (2020), 47 pp.
"El objetivo de esta investigación es el desarrollo de una guía de recolección de datos de migración con el fin entender mejor las características de la población migrante. Las recomendaciones de este trabajo surgen a partir de tres casos de estudio en ciudades/regiones fronterizas: Monterrey
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Situating Open Data: Global Trends in Local Contexts
Cape Town: African Minds (2020), xiii, 243 pp.
"This book provides empirical accounts to understand the situatedness of open data along the following themes: 1) open data practices; 2) the local implementation of global trends; and 3) open data ecosystems. Many chapters in this volume simultaneously address several of these themes. The thematic
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Data Feast: Enterprises and Personal Data in Latin America
Bogotá: Dejusticia (2020), 196 pp.
Using Big Data for Evaluating Development Outcomes: A Systematic Map
Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) (2020), vi, 104 pp.
"Spatially and temporally relevant ‘big data’ that does not require data collection in the field has the potential to provide insights into people’s economic, social, behavioural and political lives, and hence could be used in measuring key development outcomes. Big data consists of humangener
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Data Impact Assessments
Centre for Humanitarian Data (2020), 6 pp.
"• Data impact assessments determine the potential benefits and risks associated with data management. They are a critical component of responsible data management, but are often overlooked.
• There are a wide variety of approaches to data impact assessments. Selecting the right assessment for a
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Designing Data Strategies: A Playbook for Action
Washington, DC: Development Gateway (2020), 15 pp.
Leveraging Big Data to Advance Gender Equality
Washington, DC: International Finance Corporation (IFC) (2020), 7 pp.
"Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, one of the Sustainable Development Goals, is a highly complex and challenging undertaking. We must address multiple issues—discrimination, violence, education, employment, economic resources, and technology—and work across economic sectors
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Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
London: Vintage (2020), xv, 411 pp.
"Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. It exposes the gender data gap - a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible
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Releasing the power of digital data for development: A guide to new opportunities
London: Frontier Technologies; Department for International Development (DFID) (2020), 107 pp.
"There are 8 conclusions we discuss in this report:
(1) There is justified excitement and proven benefits in the use of new digital data sources, particularly where timeliness of data is important or there are persistent gaps in traditional data sources [...]
(2) In many cases, improvements in a
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