Unique ID: GlobalPulse19
| Issue Date: | February 13th 2019 |
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| Last modified: | March 14th 2019 |
Cost: FREE
"Now-casting" Food Prices in Indonesia Using Social Media Signals
"Now-casting" Food Prices in Indonesia Using Social Media Signals
SDG: 02 - Zero Hunger09 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure17 - Partnerships for the Goals
This project investigates how people's self reporting of commodity prices through Twitter can be used to provide real-time price indicators. The project showed that the prices reported on Twitter were closely correlated with official food prices. This project was done in collaboration with the Indonesian Ministry of Development Planning, WFP and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Project Sources
| Type Of Institution: | international organization |
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| Region: | Global |
| Country Area: | Global |
| Id Country Regional: | global |
SDG Indicators
| SDG Comments: | 2c, 9c, 17.8 |
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| SDG: | 02 - Zero Hunger09 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure17 - Partnerships for the Goals |
Other
| Timeframe To Produce Indicator: | NA |
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