Big Data for Development: A Review of Promises and Challenges

Development Policy Review

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 135-174

  Hilbert, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Data; Decision making; Digital; Digital divide; Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Innovation; International development

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION;

EID: 84949523904     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12142     Document Type: Article

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