Unique ID: GlobalPulse20
| Issue Date: | February 13th 2019 |
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| Last modified: | February 22nd 2019 |
Using Mobile Phone Data and Airtime Credit Purchases to Estimate Food Security
Using Mobile Phone Data and Airtime Credit Purchases to Estimate Food Security
SDG: 01 - No Poverty02 - Zero Hunger08 - Decent Work & Economic Growth09 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities17 - Partnerships for the Goals
This study assessed the potential use of mobile phone data as a proxy for food security. Results showed high correlations between airtime credit purchases and survey results referring to consumption of several food items. In addition, models based on anonymized mobile phone calling patterns and airtime credit purchases were shown to accurately estimate multidimensional poverty indicators. This project was done in collaboration with WFP,Université Catholique de Louvain and Real Impact Analytics.
Project Sources
| Type Of Institution: | international organization |
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| Region: | Global |
| Country Area: | Global |
| Id Country Regional: | global |
SDG Indicators
| SDG Comments: | 1.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2c, 8.4, 9c, 11a, 17.8 |
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| SDG: | 01 - No Poverty02 - Zero Hunger08 - Decent Work & Economic Growth09 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities17 - Partnerships for the Goals |
Other
| Timeframe To Produce Indicator: | NA |
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