How data integration can improve socioeconomic measurement
Small area estimation (SAE) is an old technique that the World Bank helped popularize 25 years ago to generate more granular estimates from data. These
Small area estimation (SAE) is an old technique that the World Bank helped popularize 25 years ago to generate more granular estimates from data. These
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When Francisco Gonzalez, who at the time was executive chairman of Spain’s second-largest bank, BBVA, proclaimed in 2015 that “BBVA will be a software company
BBVA, proclaimed in 2015 that “BBVA will be a software company in the future,” it was undoubtedly met with a fair amount of skepticism. However,
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