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  Data Driven: In partnership with AFD

  Data Driven: In partnership with AFD

  Open algorithms: A new paradigm for using private data for social good

  18 Jul 2016

  Few data collected are actually used to improve people's lives or in the design of better public policies, write AFD’s Thomas Roca and Data-Pop Alliance’s Emmanuel Letouzé, in this guest column for Data Driven. How can we turn this around, ensuring that information is used in a privacy-conscientious and inclusive way?

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  Data Driven: In Partnership with Agence Française de Développement

  Data Driven: In Partnership with Agence Française de Développement

  Data revolution: The role of private sector, citizens and government

  11 Jul 2016

  Not all data is open data — and the data revolution won't happen without private sector involvement and the appropriation of administrations and citizens, writes Thomas Roca of the Agence Française de Développement in this guest column for Data Driven.

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  Thomas Roca on big data

  Thomas Roca on big data

  Toward data-driven development: Big improvement or big buzz?

  25 May 2015

  Big data is everywhere in our data-driven society, but access to it remains scarce. How then can we get hold of big data for development purposes? An exclusive commentary from Thomas Roca, a researcher and statistician developing a data visualization portal for the French Development Agency.

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