How Digitalization Can Enhance Economic Resilience
The COVID-19 crisis has opened deep economic scars, leading to significant output losses. Can digitalization improve economic resilience to shocks such as the pandemic?
Using Mobility Data to Improve Lives in Lima
Improving traffic flow and enhancing road safety are critical to Lima which was ranked the fourth most congested metropolitan area in the world in 2022.
Assessing Traffic Congestion and Accessibility to Jobs Using Waze for Cities and Mapbox Data
Traffic congestion and suburbanization are becoming increasingly significant factors affecting urban mobility and limiting access to jobs and opportunities in most mid-sized cities worldwide.
Assessing Digital Transformation in Firms in Latin America and the Caribbean
Are firms in Latin America and the Caribbean lagging in terms of their adoption of digital technologies?
Analyzing Digital Skills Gap in MENA Countries to Inform An Upskilling Initiative
Digital technologies are reshaping work and traditional jobs. It is essential for workers across all sectors to acquire and strengthen their digital skills to stay competitive in the job market.
Inferring COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes from X
Social media has become a platform for the public to openly advocate and express their opinions on various issues including health.
Understanding Informal Trade Dynamics in Benin
Benin’s trade performance has been improving gradually in the past decade. Notably, informal trade, smuggling and small-scale cross border trade (SSCBT) are part of the large unrecorded trade dynamics in this African country.
Maldives Development Update (April 2021): A Digital Dawn
Authors for the special focus topic (Part B) on digital development: Gohar Malumyan, Junko Narimatsu and Pui Shen Yoong, with guidance from Siddhartha Raja and Fernando Im.
Is El Salvador's health care system ready for telemedicine?
The World Bank’s Digital Economy for Latin America (DE4LAC) initiative leveraged data from Ookla for Good™ to analyze El Salvador’s telecommunication network to understand to what extent the national healthcare system could leverage the existing digital infrastructure and develop e-health applications.
LinkedIn Data Reveals How Labor Markets Have Been Changing in Latin America and the Caribbean Since the Pandemic
Despite the devastating economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, labor markets in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are on the verge of recovery.
Analyzing the Evolution of Telework Adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean
Due to the COVID pandemic, the use of telework increased rapidly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, as it did globally.
How Big Data and Machine Learning Can Strengthen Road Safety
High-quality and reliable data is necessary to gain useful, actionable insights and enhance road safety conditions.
Why We Should Accelerate the Use of Digital Technologies in Africa
As Africa’s population grows, digital technologies are becoming increasingly important for the continent’s economic transformation and job creation.
Reaching Digital Deserts – Extending Access to Broadband Has Never Been So Important
The internet is crucial for us to access information, services, job opportunities, education, and more. However, while urban communities flourish in the online world, many rural communities have been left behind when it comes to ensuring fast and reliable internet access.
The Effects of City Growth on Traffic and Urban Mobility
The Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca has been deeply affected by urban sprawl, which has strained the city’s traffic system and caused increased congestion on roadways.
Buenos Aires Transport Demand Planning
Challenge The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures implemented in 2020 had a significant impact on mobility in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA), adding new constrains to the travel behaviours of residents and businesses.
Where Did Everyone Go? Potential of Digital Movement Data for Natural Hazards Management
Every September 19th since the great earthquake of 1985, Mexico City conducts a major drill: people filing out of buildings in an orderly fashion.
A Data-Driven Framework to Support Bogota’s Barrios Vitales Project
A data-driven framework to support the design, implementation, and evaluation of a superblock model in Bogotá from a speed management perspective and inform street design alternatives in the urban space.
Understanding Societal Responses to Policies Undertaken During Emergencies: Lessons from COVID-19’s Second Wave in Maharashtra
Maharashtra, one of the wealthiest states in India, was among the worst hit by COVID-19, registering nearly 140,000 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.