Executive summary of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) research: “Monitoring Household Coping Strategies during Complex Crises,” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
A visual analytics approach to understanding poverty assessment through disas...UN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs research: “A Visual Approach to Understanding Poverty Assessment through Disaster Impacts in Latin America and Africa,” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
The impact of the global financial crisis on reproductive and maternal health...UN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) research: “The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Reproductive and Maternal Health in Jordan,” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
The global financial crisis in colombia and the international conference on p...UN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) research: “The Global Financial Crisis in Colombia and the International Conference on Populations and Development (ICPD) Agenda,” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
Monitoring the implications of the global financial crisis on primary schools...UN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) research: “Monitoring the Implications of the Global Financial Crisis on Primary Schools, Teachers and Parents in 12 Countries,” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
Study on the human dimensions of the financial crisis in ethiopia finalUN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) research: “Study on the Human Dimensions of the Financial Crisis in Ethiopia,” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
Food and nutrition security monitoring and analysis systems finalUN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP) research: “Food and Nutrition Security and Analysis Systems: A Review of Five Countries (Indonesia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal and Zambia),” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
Data Visualisation and Interactive Mapping to Support Response to Disease Out...UN Global Pulse
From January – May 2015, a typhoid outbreak occurred in Uganda. Pulse Lab Kampala was invited to join the National Task Force in response to the outbreak. In coordination with WHO, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Pulse Lab Kampala produced a series of data visualisations to support the early response to the disease. Visualisations of weekly reports from health centres were produced with interactive maps at district, sub-county and individual health facility level. The visualisations allowed decision making for the allocation of medicine, medical personnel and health centres, as well as targeting training areas.
Cite as: "Data Visualisation and Interactive Mapping to Support Response to Disease Outbreak”, Global Pulse Project Series no. 21, 2015
Vulnerable Groups and Communities in The Context of Adaptation and Developmen...Tariq A. Deen
Participants will be taken through the identification and targeting of vulnerable communities, groups and ecosystems at different scales, best available methods and data, best practices, in the context of adaptation and development planning and implementation. It will include introductory presentations on the topic and will engage participants in breakout group discussions.
A visual analytics approach to understanding poverty assessment through disas...UN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs research: “A Visual Approach to Understanding Poverty Assessment through Disaster Impacts in Latin America and Africa,” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
The impact of the global financial crisis on reproductive and maternal health...UN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) research: “The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Reproductive and Maternal Health in Jordan,” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
The global financial crisis in colombia and the international conference on p...UN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) research: “The Global Financial Crisis in Colombia and the International Conference on Populations and Development (ICPD) Agenda,” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
Monitoring the implications of the global financial crisis on primary schools...UN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) research: “Monitoring the Implications of the Global Financial Crisis on Primary Schools, Teachers and Parents in 12 Countries,” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
Study on the human dimensions of the financial crisis in ethiopia finalUN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) research: “Study on the Human Dimensions of the Financial Crisis in Ethiopia,” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
Food and nutrition security monitoring and analysis systems finalUN Global Pulse
Executive summary of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP) research: “Food and Nutrition Security and Analysis Systems: A Review of Five Countries (Indonesia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal and Zambia),” conducted as part of UN Global Pulse’s Rapid Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Fund (RIVAF). For more information: http://www.unglobalpulse.org/projects/rapid-impact-and-vulnerability-analysis-fund-rivaf
Data Visualisation and Interactive Mapping to Support Response to Disease Out...UN Global Pulse
From January – May 2015, a typhoid outbreak occurred in Uganda. Pulse Lab Kampala was invited to join the National Task Force in response to the outbreak. In coordination with WHO, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Pulse Lab Kampala produced a series of data visualisations to support the early response to the disease. Visualisations of weekly reports from health centres were produced with interactive maps at district, sub-county and individual health facility level. The visualisations allowed decision making for the allocation of medicine, medical personnel and health centres, as well as targeting training areas.
Cite as: "Data Visualisation and Interactive Mapping to Support Response to Disease Outbreak”, Global Pulse Project Series no. 21, 2015
Vulnerable Groups and Communities in The Context of Adaptation and Developmen...Tariq A. Deen
Participants will be taken through the identification and targeting of vulnerable communities, groups and ecosystems at different scales, best available methods and data, best practices, in the context of adaptation and development planning and implementation. It will include introductory presentations on the topic and will engage participants in breakout group discussions.
Using Mobile Data and Airtime Credit Purchases to Estimate Food Security - Pr...UN Global Pulse
In this study, mobile phone activity data was combined with remote sensing data to understand how people communicated during severe flooding in the Mexican state of Tabasco in 2009, in order to explore ways that mobile data can be used to improve disaster response. By comparing the mobile data with official population census data, the representativeness of the research was validated. The results of the study showed that the patterns of mobile phone activity in affected locations during and after the floods could be used as indicators of (1) flooding impact on infrastructure and population and (2) public awareness of the disaster. These early results demonstrated the value of a public-private partnership on using mobile data to accurately indicate flooding impacts in Tabasco, thus improving early warning and crisis management.
Analyzing Attitudes Towards Contraception & Teenage Pregnancy Using Social Da...UN Global Pulse
Pulse Lab Kampala and UNFPA collaborated on a project to explore the use of real-time digital data to understand debate among Ugandans on contraception and teenage pregnancy, and to analyse perceptions towards different types of contraception. The project resulted in a real- time interactive dashboard that analyses public Facebook posts and data from UNICEF’s U-report (a SMS-based polling system for Ugandan youth) for keywords related to contraception and teenage pregnancy. The dashboard allows for tracking of emerging and trending topics and perceptions related to family planning month by month. This project demonstrated the potential of using social data to supplement traditional means of gaining insights through less-frequent national surveys.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Analyzing Attitudes Towards Contraception & Teenage Pregnancy Using Social Data', Global Pulse Project Series, no.8, 2014.
Using Mobile Phone Activity for Disaster Management During Floods - Project O...UN Global Pulse
Natural disasters affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide every year. Emergency response efforts depend on the availability of timely information, such the movement and communication behaviours of affected populations. As such, analysis of Call Detail Records (CDRs) collected by mobile phone operators reveal new, real-time insights about human behaviour during such critical events. In this study, mobile phone activity data was combined with remote sensing data to understand how people communicated during severe flooding in the Mexican state of Tabasco in 2009, in order to explore ways that mobile data can be used to improve disaster response. By comparing the mobile data with official population census data, the representativeness of the research was validated.
Cite as: "Using Mobile Phone Activity For Disaster Management During Floods", Global Pulse Project Series no. 2, 2014
Supporting the Post-2015 Development Agenda Consultations Using U-Report - Pr...UN Global Pulse
A wide range of consultations has taken place in Uganda to review the progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and developing the Post-2015 national development agenda. In support of the process, Pulse Lab Kampala has developed a technical toolkit to further incorporate the “voices of the people” into the planning process. Pulse Lab Kampala analysed a dataset comprising 3.1 million messages from UNICEF’s U-report platform to understand the views of Ugandan youth on Post-2015 development topics. The analysis revealed that ‘Better Health Care,’ ‘Good Education’ and ‘Better Job Opportunities’ are top priorities for the youth that participated in the digital surveys conducted by UNICEF.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Supporting the Post-2015 Development Agenda Consultations Using U-Report ', Global Pulse Project Series, no.12, 2015.
Diseases do not respect boundaries Once diseases spread beyond a localized region, their expansion becomes exponential and difficult to contain. Early detection and containment by effective disease surveillance networks are critical to arresting pandemics in their early stages. Cross-country disease surveillance networks are a mechanism that encompass human resources deployment, rapid communication, and transparent collaboration for early detection and response to emerging diseases and pandemics.
Presentations by speakers at the CCAFS' "Planning Climate Adaptation in Agriculture" Side Event during the UNFCCC SB 40 climate negotiations in Bonn. Speakers are: Gabrielle Kissinger, David Kaluba, David Howlett and Pradeep Kurukulasuriya.
http://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/mainstreaming-agriculture-national-adaptation-plans-0#.U7jmRPldW8w
Tool to Assess Entomological Monitoring, Environmental Compliance, and Vector...HFG Project
This assessment tool was designed to assess country capacity to conduct Aedes vector control and entomological monitoring activities in five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean – the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras. The purpose of the tool is to review capacity strengths and gaps within each of these countries, and to propose recommendations that improve country readiness to prevent and control Zika and other arboviruses.
Estimating Migration Flows Using Online Search Data - Project Overview UN Global Pulse
This study was conducted in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to explore how online search data could be analysed to understand migration flows. Using Australia as a case study, Google search query data from around the world was disaggregated by country and compared to historical official monthly migration statistics provided by UNFPA. Correlations were observed between relevant search queries (for example, searching for ‘jobs in Melbourne’) and official migration statistics (number of people who migrated to Melbourne). In particular, queries from specific locations in Australia related to local employment opportunities showed highest correlation. The research findings point toward new possibilities for further exploration into using online and other digital search data as proxy for migration statistics.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Estimating Migration Flows Using Online Search Data ', Global Pulse Project Series no. 4, 2014.
Prompted by the 20th anniversary of the 1993 World Development Report, a Lancet Commission revisited the case for investment in health and developed a new investment frame work to achieve dramatic health gains by 2035. Our report has four key messages, each accompanied by opportunities for action by national governments of low-income and middle-income countries and by the international community.
Entomological Monitoring, Environmental Compliance, and Vector Control Capaci...HFG Project
The first case of local, vector-borne transmission of the Zika virus in the Americas was identified in May 2015 in Brazil. By July 2016, the virus had spread to nearly all Zika-suitable transmission zones in the Americas, including the majority of countries and territories in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Governments in the region face a formidable challenge to minimize Zika transmission and limit the impact of Zika on their populations.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supports efforts to strengthen the region’s Zika response through targeted technical assistance, stakeholder coordination, and implementation of key interventions. In El Salvador, the USAID-funded Health Finance and Governance project assessed country capacity to conduct vector control and entomological monitoring of Aedes mosquitoes, the primary vector of the virus. The assessment was conducted from July 11 to July 21, 2016, and sought to gauge current capacities, identify strengths and weaknesses in these capacities, and recommend countermeasures, i.e., specific strategies to minimize the impact of Zika virus transmission.
The first case of Zika in El Salvador was reported in November 2015. By mid-2016, nearly 7,000 cases were reported, 255 by pregnant women. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 318 pregnant women were clinically diagnosed with Zika, a few of which were also laboratory confirmed. While microcephaly has not appeared in significant numbers, Guillain-Barré Syndrome has, with 118 documented cases as per a report from February 2016.
Supporting Forest and Peat Fire Management Using Social Media - Project OverviewUN Global Pulse
A feasibility study was conducted by Pulse Lab Jakarta on the use of real-time information from social media during forest and peat fires haze events to support emergency response management in Indonesia. Specifically, the study sought to explore early signals from Twitter relating to major forest fires or haze events with a view to understanding the relation between communications trends and on-the-ground events. The results of the study demonstrated that Indonesians tweet significantly more about haze during and immediately after major fire events.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Feasibility Study: Supporting Forest and Peat Fire Management Using Social Media', Global Pulse Project Series, no.10, 2014.
This progress report builds on the A Promised Renewed effort that emerged from the Child Survival Call to Action, a high-level forum convened in June 2012 by the Governments of Ethiopia, India and the United States, in collaboration with UNICEF. Since June, more than half the world’s governments, and hundreds of civil society organizations and leaders of faith based groups have signed up and renewed their commitment to child survival.
As part of UNICEF Innocenti's workshop on social protection in humanitarian settings, Gaby Guerrero of UNICEF Madagascar presented her views on "Use and generation of evidence on social protection in humanitarian settings: Insights from UNICEF Madagascar's experiences".
For more on this workshop and to access the seven papers released at the event, visit: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/1829-evidence-on-social-protection-in-contexts-of-fragility-and-forced-displacement.html
The role of the social media in crisis communication has increased in the last couple of years and some organizations have positively mainstreamed social media in crisis communication, but there are some organizations especially in the public sector that are still reluctant to incorporate social media in communication during disasters and instead view social media as a threat to disaster management. Therefore the objective of the study was to examine the role of the social media in crisis communication in public organizations in Kenya with specific reference to Kenya Pipeline Corporation and Mukuru- Sinai Fire Disaster. The specific objectives of the study included the effect of influence of rapid information sharing, reinforcing disaster response strategy and provision of platform for participation and contribution on crisis communication in public organizations in Kenya. The research study used descriptive research design in collecting the data from respondents. The target population was drawn was drawn from Kenya Pipeline Corporation and composed of management, communication staff and crisis management committee all totaling to sixty nine (69) respondents. The research study undertook survey of the total population as a sample. The primary data for the study was collected using the questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive and regression statistics with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The study established that there is a significant relationship between rapid information sharing, reinforcing disaster response strategy and provision of platform for participation and contribution on crisis communication in public organizations
Community based COVID preparedness (CBCP) 25082021Sudhanshu39
The coronavirus pandemic has shown us a new world where the status quo no longer exists.
•‘The world has seen many crises over the past 30 years, including the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-09. Each has hit human development hard but, overall, development gains accrued globally year-on-year. COVID-19, with its triple hit to health, education, and income, may change this trend.’ UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner
• But the pandemic also shows us the wisdom of what is already inherent in the SDGs; the challenges we face cannot be dealt with in isolation or by a piecemeal approach.
• WHO COVID-19 Strategic Response and Preparedness Plan 2021 also highlights the need for coordinated response to plot a course out of the pandemic.
A presentation by Dr. Benjamin Davis, Director, Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Entomological Monitoring, Environmental Compliance, and Vector Control Capaci...HFG Project
By May 21, 2016, 3,313 suspected cases of Zika were reported in the DR, 73 of which were positively confirmed. Of the overall total of suspected cases, 450 were pregnant women in the first 24 weeks of gestation; 31 were confirmed as infected with Zika. Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare nervous system sickness that may be associated with Zika, was suspected in 139 individuals; three were confirmed as positive.
The DR has a National Vector Control Program situated within the MoH’s National Center for Control of Tropical Diseases (CENCET), which is responsible for the public sector response to Aedes aegypti and other arboviral vectors. The program has sufficient guidance documents, such as protocols and manuals, to direct field operations carried out by provincial vector control units. Vector control in the country is multi-pronged, and includes larviciding and adulticiding, reduction of mosquito breeding sites, and educating communities to lead local control efforts. There is a demonstrated capacity in country to collect and analyze epidemiological data, a critical element in the Zika response. Collaborations with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Pan American Health Organization ensure the program and the MoH receive periodic, updated technical guidance. Although various elements are in place, key challenges must be addressed to mount a sufficiently robust response to Zika and limit its impact in the country.
Although various elements are in place, key challenges must be addressed to mount a sufficiently robust response to Zika and limit its impact in the country.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Using Mobile Data and Airtime Credit Purchases to Estimate Food Security - Pr...UN Global Pulse
In this study, mobile phone activity data was combined with remote sensing data to understand how people communicated during severe flooding in the Mexican state of Tabasco in 2009, in order to explore ways that mobile data can be used to improve disaster response. By comparing the mobile data with official population census data, the representativeness of the research was validated. The results of the study showed that the patterns of mobile phone activity in affected locations during and after the floods could be used as indicators of (1) flooding impact on infrastructure and population and (2) public awareness of the disaster. These early results demonstrated the value of a public-private partnership on using mobile data to accurately indicate flooding impacts in Tabasco, thus improving early warning and crisis management.
Analyzing Attitudes Towards Contraception & Teenage Pregnancy Using Social Da...UN Global Pulse
Pulse Lab Kampala and UNFPA collaborated on a project to explore the use of real-time digital data to understand debate among Ugandans on contraception and teenage pregnancy, and to analyse perceptions towards different types of contraception. The project resulted in a real- time interactive dashboard that analyses public Facebook posts and data from UNICEF’s U-report (a SMS-based polling system for Ugandan youth) for keywords related to contraception and teenage pregnancy. The dashboard allows for tracking of emerging and trending topics and perceptions related to family planning month by month. This project demonstrated the potential of using social data to supplement traditional means of gaining insights through less-frequent national surveys.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Analyzing Attitudes Towards Contraception & Teenage Pregnancy Using Social Data', Global Pulse Project Series, no.8, 2014.
Using Mobile Phone Activity for Disaster Management During Floods - Project O...UN Global Pulse
Natural disasters affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide every year. Emergency response efforts depend on the availability of timely information, such the movement and communication behaviours of affected populations. As such, analysis of Call Detail Records (CDRs) collected by mobile phone operators reveal new, real-time insights about human behaviour during such critical events. In this study, mobile phone activity data was combined with remote sensing data to understand how people communicated during severe flooding in the Mexican state of Tabasco in 2009, in order to explore ways that mobile data can be used to improve disaster response. By comparing the mobile data with official population census data, the representativeness of the research was validated.
Cite as: "Using Mobile Phone Activity For Disaster Management During Floods", Global Pulse Project Series no. 2, 2014
Supporting the Post-2015 Development Agenda Consultations Using U-Report - Pr...UN Global Pulse
A wide range of consultations has taken place in Uganda to review the progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and developing the Post-2015 national development agenda. In support of the process, Pulse Lab Kampala has developed a technical toolkit to further incorporate the “voices of the people” into the planning process. Pulse Lab Kampala analysed a dataset comprising 3.1 million messages from UNICEF’s U-report platform to understand the views of Ugandan youth on Post-2015 development topics. The analysis revealed that ‘Better Health Care,’ ‘Good Education’ and ‘Better Job Opportunities’ are top priorities for the youth that participated in the digital surveys conducted by UNICEF.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Supporting the Post-2015 Development Agenda Consultations Using U-Report ', Global Pulse Project Series, no.12, 2015.
Diseases do not respect boundaries Once diseases spread beyond a localized region, their expansion becomes exponential and difficult to contain. Early detection and containment by effective disease surveillance networks are critical to arresting pandemics in their early stages. Cross-country disease surveillance networks are a mechanism that encompass human resources deployment, rapid communication, and transparent collaboration for early detection and response to emerging diseases and pandemics.
Presentations by speakers at the CCAFS' "Planning Climate Adaptation in Agriculture" Side Event during the UNFCCC SB 40 climate negotiations in Bonn. Speakers are: Gabrielle Kissinger, David Kaluba, David Howlett and Pradeep Kurukulasuriya.
http://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/mainstreaming-agriculture-national-adaptation-plans-0#.U7jmRPldW8w
Tool to Assess Entomological Monitoring, Environmental Compliance, and Vector...HFG Project
This assessment tool was designed to assess country capacity to conduct Aedes vector control and entomological monitoring activities in five countries in Latin America and the Caribbean – the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras. The purpose of the tool is to review capacity strengths and gaps within each of these countries, and to propose recommendations that improve country readiness to prevent and control Zika and other arboviruses.
Estimating Migration Flows Using Online Search Data - Project Overview UN Global Pulse
This study was conducted in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to explore how online search data could be analysed to understand migration flows. Using Australia as a case study, Google search query data from around the world was disaggregated by country and compared to historical official monthly migration statistics provided by UNFPA. Correlations were observed between relevant search queries (for example, searching for ‘jobs in Melbourne’) and official migration statistics (number of people who migrated to Melbourne). In particular, queries from specific locations in Australia related to local employment opportunities showed highest correlation. The research findings point toward new possibilities for further exploration into using online and other digital search data as proxy for migration statistics.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Estimating Migration Flows Using Online Search Data ', Global Pulse Project Series no. 4, 2014.
Prompted by the 20th anniversary of the 1993 World Development Report, a Lancet Commission revisited the case for investment in health and developed a new investment frame work to achieve dramatic health gains by 2035. Our report has four key messages, each accompanied by opportunities for action by national governments of low-income and middle-income countries and by the international community.
Entomological Monitoring, Environmental Compliance, and Vector Control Capaci...HFG Project
The first case of local, vector-borne transmission of the Zika virus in the Americas was identified in May 2015 in Brazil. By July 2016, the virus had spread to nearly all Zika-suitable transmission zones in the Americas, including the majority of countries and territories in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Governments in the region face a formidable challenge to minimize Zika transmission and limit the impact of Zika on their populations.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supports efforts to strengthen the region’s Zika response through targeted technical assistance, stakeholder coordination, and implementation of key interventions. In El Salvador, the USAID-funded Health Finance and Governance project assessed country capacity to conduct vector control and entomological monitoring of Aedes mosquitoes, the primary vector of the virus. The assessment was conducted from July 11 to July 21, 2016, and sought to gauge current capacities, identify strengths and weaknesses in these capacities, and recommend countermeasures, i.e., specific strategies to minimize the impact of Zika virus transmission.
The first case of Zika in El Salvador was reported in November 2015. By mid-2016, nearly 7,000 cases were reported, 255 by pregnant women. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 318 pregnant women were clinically diagnosed with Zika, a few of which were also laboratory confirmed. While microcephaly has not appeared in significant numbers, Guillain-Barré Syndrome has, with 118 documented cases as per a report from February 2016.
Supporting Forest and Peat Fire Management Using Social Media - Project OverviewUN Global Pulse
A feasibility study was conducted by Pulse Lab Jakarta on the use of real-time information from social media during forest and peat fires haze events to support emergency response management in Indonesia. Specifically, the study sought to explore early signals from Twitter relating to major forest fires or haze events with a view to understanding the relation between communications trends and on-the-ground events. The results of the study demonstrated that Indonesians tweet significantly more about haze during and immediately after major fire events.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Feasibility Study: Supporting Forest and Peat Fire Management Using Social Media', Global Pulse Project Series, no.10, 2014.
This progress report builds on the A Promised Renewed effort that emerged from the Child Survival Call to Action, a high-level forum convened in June 2012 by the Governments of Ethiopia, India and the United States, in collaboration with UNICEF. Since June, more than half the world’s governments, and hundreds of civil society organizations and leaders of faith based groups have signed up and renewed their commitment to child survival.
As part of UNICEF Innocenti's workshop on social protection in humanitarian settings, Gaby Guerrero of UNICEF Madagascar presented her views on "Use and generation of evidence on social protection in humanitarian settings: Insights from UNICEF Madagascar's experiences".
For more on this workshop and to access the seven papers released at the event, visit: https://www.unicef-irc.org/article/1829-evidence-on-social-protection-in-contexts-of-fragility-and-forced-displacement.html
The role of the social media in crisis communication has increased in the last couple of years and some organizations have positively mainstreamed social media in crisis communication, but there are some organizations especially in the public sector that are still reluctant to incorporate social media in communication during disasters and instead view social media as a threat to disaster management. Therefore the objective of the study was to examine the role of the social media in crisis communication in public organizations in Kenya with specific reference to Kenya Pipeline Corporation and Mukuru- Sinai Fire Disaster. The specific objectives of the study included the effect of influence of rapid information sharing, reinforcing disaster response strategy and provision of platform for participation and contribution on crisis communication in public organizations in Kenya. The research study used descriptive research design in collecting the data from respondents. The target population was drawn was drawn from Kenya Pipeline Corporation and composed of management, communication staff and crisis management committee all totaling to sixty nine (69) respondents. The research study undertook survey of the total population as a sample. The primary data for the study was collected using the questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive and regression statistics with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The study established that there is a significant relationship between rapid information sharing, reinforcing disaster response strategy and provision of platform for participation and contribution on crisis communication in public organizations
Community based COVID preparedness (CBCP) 25082021Sudhanshu39
The coronavirus pandemic has shown us a new world where the status quo no longer exists.
•‘The world has seen many crises over the past 30 years, including the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-09. Each has hit human development hard but, overall, development gains accrued globally year-on-year. COVID-19, with its triple hit to health, education, and income, may change this trend.’ UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner
• But the pandemic also shows us the wisdom of what is already inherent in the SDGs; the challenges we face cannot be dealt with in isolation or by a piecemeal approach.
• WHO COVID-19 Strategic Response and Preparedness Plan 2021 also highlights the need for coordinated response to plot a course out of the pandemic.
A presentation by Dr. Benjamin Davis, Director, Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division, Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Entomological Monitoring, Environmental Compliance, and Vector Control Capaci...HFG Project
By May 21, 2016, 3,313 suspected cases of Zika were reported in the DR, 73 of which were positively confirmed. Of the overall total of suspected cases, 450 were pregnant women in the first 24 weeks of gestation; 31 were confirmed as infected with Zika. Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare nervous system sickness that may be associated with Zika, was suspected in 139 individuals; three were confirmed as positive.
The DR has a National Vector Control Program situated within the MoH’s National Center for Control of Tropical Diseases (CENCET), which is responsible for the public sector response to Aedes aegypti and other arboviral vectors. The program has sufficient guidance documents, such as protocols and manuals, to direct field operations carried out by provincial vector control units. Vector control in the country is multi-pronged, and includes larviciding and adulticiding, reduction of mosquito breeding sites, and educating communities to lead local control efforts. There is a demonstrated capacity in country to collect and analyze epidemiological data, a critical element in the Zika response. Collaborations with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Pan American Health Organization ensure the program and the MoH receive periodic, updated technical guidance. Although various elements are in place, key challenges must be addressed to mount a sufficiently robust response to Zika and limit its impact in the country.
Although various elements are in place, key challenges must be addressed to mount a sufficiently robust response to Zika and limit its impact in the country.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
WIDER Annual Lecture 20 – Martin RavallionUNU-WIDER
Martin Ravallion’s WIDER Annual Lecture focused on the economic and political issues surrounding the use of direct interventions, such as cash transfers and in kind contributions, against poverty. He highlighted two key lessons that are important for policymakers to keep in mind when designing interventions. First, there is too much focus on how policies are targeted, and not enough attention on how effectively policies promote and protect. Second, policymakers should consider how to improve the protection-promotion tradeoff, and look for ways to design policies that allow markets to work better from the perspective of poor people.
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Evaluating welfare and economic effects of raised fertilityGRAPE
American Economic Association Annual Meeting 2019.
Many countries consider rising fertility through pro-family policies as a solution to the fiscal pressure stemming from longevity. However, an increased number of births implies immediate private costs and only delayed public benefits of younger and larger population. We propose using an overlapping generations model with a rich family structure to quantify the effects of simulated increases to the birth rates. We analyze the overall macroeconomic and welfare effects of these simulated paths relative to status quo. We also study the distribution of these effects across cohorts and study the sensitivity of the final effects to the assumed target value and path of increased fertility. Since our study tries to quantify the possible effects of pro-natalistic policies, we focus of public costs and benefits of having children. We find that fiscal effects are positive, but short of the natalistic expenditures in many countries. The sign and the size of both welfare and fiscal effects depend on the patterns of increased fertility.
Evaluating welfare and economic effects of raised fertilityGRAPE
Presentation during Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics Annual Congress 2018 in St.Gallen
In the context of the second demographic transition, many countries consider rising fertility through pro-family polices as a potentially viable solution to the fiscal pressure stemming from longevity. However, an increased number of births implies private and immediate costs, whereas the gains are not likely to surface until later and appear via internalizing the public benefits of younger and larger population. Hence, quantification of the net effects remains a challenge. We propose using an overlapping generations model with a rich family structure to quantify the effects of increased birth rates. We analyze the overall macroeconomic and welfare effects as well as the distribution of these effects across cohorts and study the sensitivity of the final effects to the assumed target value and path of increased fertility. We find that fiscal effects are positive but, even in the case of relatively large fertility increase, they are small. The sign and the size of both welfare and fiscal effects depend substantially on the patterns of increased fertility: if increased fertility occurs via lower childlessness, the fiscal effects are smaller and welfare effects are more likely to be negative than in the case of the intensive margin adjustments.
DISASTERS AND THE CYCLE OF POVERTY: UNDERSTANDING URBAN, RURAL, AND GENDER ASPECTS OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY by Kathy Lynn, Associate Director Resource Innovations, University of Oregon’s Institute for a Sustainable Environment September 2005
Graduation from Poverty versus Graduating from Social Protection – setting t...UNDP Policy Centre
The IPC-IG was honoured to participate in the Transfer Project Workshop, held in Arusha, from 2 to 4 April 2019, where researchers and policymakers gathered to discuss evidence for social protection policies in sub-Saharan Africa. IPC-IG Senior Research Coordinator Fábio Veras delivered the presentation "Graduation from Poverty versus Graduating from Social Protection – Setting the Scene and Discussing the Evidence". The Transfer Project is a partnership between UNICEF, FAO, UNC Chapel Hill, national governments and local research partners.
Webinar: Unlock the power of national, regional and local dataPolicy in Practice
View these webinar slides to learn about national, regional and local case studies.
You will hear:
1. Nationally: How the two child limit to tax credits is set to drive child poverty up by 10% by 2020
2. Regionally: First wave results from our work tracking income, employment and poverty for over half a million low-income households across London
3. Locally: How Winchester City Council's data led strategy uncovered hidden pockets of poverty
Background
The post-2015 welfare reforms will take almost £13bn a year from claimants by 2020-21, bringing the cumulative loss since 2010 to £27bn a year. This is equivalent to £690 a year for every adult of working age, according to analysis by Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research.
Professor Christina Beatty said that the worst is yet to come for those who will be most severly hit, namely low income families with children. She urged local authorities to plan ahead for the impact.
Understanding exactly which low income households will be impacted by the welfare reforms, and how, is the challenge. Policy in Practice works with local authorities to do just that.
Our Low Income Family Tracker combines local authority data with a powerful modelling engine to show the aggregate and cumulative impact of reforms on each household so that local authorities can get the right support to those who need help the most, before crisis hits.
More info
Visit http://policyinpractice.co.uk/low-income-family-tracker/ for more details or email hello@policyinpractice.co.uk.
CSAT became a part of the UPSC Civil Services Examination in 2011, marking a significant change from the earlier Preliminary examination format, which consisted of a single paper focusing on General Studies knowledge.
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Step 2: Due Diligence Questionnaire for Prospective PartnersUN Global Pulse
UN Global Pulse has developed a two-part Due Diligence Tool for Working with Prospective Technology Partners. The questionnaire should be filled out by the prospective partner prior to any commitment to collaborate.
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UN Global Pulse has developed a two-part Due Diligence Tool for Working with Prospective Technology Partners. The checklist should be completed by the UN organization and encourages research about the corporate and social nature of the prospective partner, including their data related practices, prior to any commitment to collaborate.
Using Data and New Technology for Peacemaking, Preventive Diplomacy, and Peac...UN Global Pulse
This guide offers an overview of e-analytics in the context of peacemaking and preventive diplomacy. It presents a summary of e-analytics tools as well as examples from the peace and security field. It includes a data project planning matrix that aims to help facilitate and motivate data-driven analysis. Part of the guide is a glossary on basic terminology related to new technologies.
In 2016-2017, Pulse Lab Kampala worked with various UN agencies and development partners in Uganda and the region to test, explore and develop 17 innovation projects. The Lab also furthered the development of tools and technologies that leverage data sources from radio content, social media, mobile phones and satellite imagery, and created technology toolkits. These toolkits can enhance decision-making by providing real-time situational awareness for project and policy implementation.
The 2018 Annual Report details exploratory research conducted by the Pulse Labs and presents solutions that were mainstreamed with partners.
It summarized the adoption of the first UN Principles for Personal Data Protection and Privacy, and showcases Global Pulse's contributions to develop standards and national strategies for the ethical and privacy protective use of big data and artificial intelligence.
Finally, the report highlights Global Pulse's engagement with the data innovation ecosystem through capacity building, collaborative research, and responsible data partnerships.
Risks, Harms and Benefits Assessment Tool (Updated as of Jan 2019)UN Global Pulse
The Data Innovation Risk Assessment Tool is an initial assessment of potential risks for data use that includes seven guiding checkpoints to understand: the "Data Type" involved in the data analytics process, the "Risks and Harms" of data use, the mode and legitimacy of "Data Access", the "Data Use", the adequacy of "Data Security", the adequate level of "Communication and Transparency" and the due diligence on engagement of "Third Parties". The Assessment contains guiding comments for each checkpoint and its questions are grounded in the key international data privacy and data protection principles and concepts such as Purpose Specification, Purpose Compatibility, Data Minimization, Consent Legitimacy, Lawfulness and Fairness of data access and use.
2015 was an eventful year for Pulse Lab Jakarta. The broader data innovation ecosystem within which the Lab operates has grown from a specialist network to include a broader range of public, social, and private sector actors who are interested in exploring insights from new data sources as well as learning how data innovation can complement existing datasets and operations. This report provides an overview of the work of Pulse Lab Jakarta in 2015, including the foundation blocks that will lead to an impactful 2016.
Embracing Innovation: How a Social Lab can Support the Innovation Agenda in S...UN Global Pulse
Pulse Lab Jakarta extended their support to UNDP Sri Lanka through a scoping mission to assess Sri Lanka's readiness to establish an Innovation Lab. This report presents the findings and outlines the suggested approaches for creating an innovation lab, and how to expand it in the years following its inception.
This toolkit provides the methodology for focusing the data-gathering power of existing communities, increasing their capacity to work together and building awareness of the potential of the data created by this work. It aims to help citizens identify and articulate their own problems using the supplementing data in their communities.
Navigating the Terrain: A Toolkit for Conceptualising Service Design ProjectsUN Global Pulse
Pulse Lab Jakarta participated in a service design initiative to develop a citizen-centric public transportation service in Makassar, Indonesia. Following the initiative, which was undertaken along with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Bursa Pengetahuan Kawasan Timur Indonesia (BaKTI), we chronicled our learnings on taking an idea from a design sprint to a ready-to-test prototype. Contextualised to help inform stakeholders working with or within the public sector, this resulting toolkit is useful for developing and delivering similar services.
Experimenting with Big Data and AI to Support Peace and SecurityUN Global Pulse
UN Global Pulse is working with partners to explore how data from social media and radio shows can inform peace and security efforts in Africa. The methodology, case studies, and tools developed as part of these efforts are detailed in this report.
Banking on Fintech: Financial inclusion for micro enterprises in IndonesiaUN Global Pulse
The Banking on Fintech: Financial Inclusion for Micro Enterprises
in Indonesia research was conducted by Pulse Lab Jakarta,
with the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(DFAT) Australia and the Indonesia Fintech Association (AFTECH). It presents successful practices from early adopters and attempts to translate them into opportunities for other unbanked populations.
Pulse Lab Jakarta, in collaboration with the Government of Indonesia, developed ‘Haze Gazer,’ a crisis analysis tool that provides real-time situational information from various data sources to enhance disaster management efforts. The prototype uses advanced data analysis of sources including: satellite imagery, information on population density and distribution from government databases, citizen-generated data and real-time data from social media. The capability afforded by the tool can
enhance disaster risk management efforts to protect vulnerable populations as well as the environment.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, “Haze Gazer: A crisis analysis tool,” Tool Series, no. 2, 2016.
Building Proxy Indicators of National Wellbeing with Postal Data - Project Ov...UN Global Pulse
This study investigated for the first time the potential of using the network of international postal flows to approximate socioeconomic indicators typically used to benchmark national wellbeing. The research used aggregated electronic postal records from 187 countries collected by the Universal Postal Union from 2010 to 2014 as a proxy indicator for real-world conditions.
Cite as: “Building Proxy Indicators of National Wellbeing with Postal Data”, Global Pulse Project Series, no. 22, 2016
Sex Disaggregation of Social Media Posts - Tool OverviewUN Global Pulse
Global Pulse collaborated with Data2X and the University of Leiden to develop and prototype a tool to infer the sex of users. The tool automates the process of looking up public information from Twitter profiles, in particular the user name and profile picture. Using open source software, the tool analyses user names from a built-in database of predefined names (from sources such as official statistics) that contain gender information.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Sex-Disaggregation of Social Media Posts,' Big Data Tools Series, no. 3, 2016
Using Big data Analytics for Improved Public Transport UN Global Pulse
Pulse Lab Jakarta collaborated with Jakarta Smart City on a project to enhance transport planning and operational decision-making through real-time data analytics. Using data from TransJakarta – the city’s rapid bus transit system – buses and passenger stations, the project mapped origin-destination trends and identified bottleneck locations, information which can be used to identify whether new routes are needed. The project also explored the possibility of using real-time data to determine passenger-waiting times in order to enhance the efficiency of the bus dispatching system.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, ‘Using Big Data Analytics for Improved
Public Transport,’ Project Series, no. 25, 2017.
Pulse Lab Jakarta developed Translator Gator, a people-powered language game that creates dictionaries for recognising sustainable development-related conversations in Indonesia. The game builds taxonomies, i.e. sets of relevant keywords, by incentivising players to translate words from English into different Indonesian languages, including Bahasa Indonesia, Jawa, Sunda, Minang, Bugis and Melayu.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Translator Gator: Crowdsourcing
Translation of Development Keywords in Indonesia’, Tool
Series no. 4, 2017.
Big Data for Financial Inclusion, Examining the Customer Journey - Project Ov...UN Global Pulse
Pulse Lab Jakarta collaborated with the UNCDF Shaping Inclusive Finance Transformations (SHIFT) programme to undertake an
analysis of financial services usage, particularly among women in the ASEAN region. The project analysed customer savings and loan data from four Financial Service Providers (FSPs) in Cambodia to understand the factors that affect savings and loans mobilisation, as well as how usage of these products explains economic issues in Cambodia.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, 'Big Data for Financial Inclusion, Examining The Customer Journey', Project Series, no. 27, 2017.
Understanding Perceptions of Migrants and Refugees with Social Media - Projec...UN Global Pulse
This project used data from Twitter to monitor protection issues and the safe access to asylum of migrants and refugees in Europe. In collaboration with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Global Pulse created taxonomies that were used to explore interactions among refugees and between them and service providers, as well as xenophobic sentiment of host communities towards the displaced populations. Specifically, the study focused on how refugees and migrants were perceived in reaction to a series of terrorist attacks that took place in Europe in 2016. The results were used to develop a standardized information product to improve UNHCR’s ability to monitor and analyse relevant social media feeds in near real-time.
Cite as: UN Global Pulse, “Understanding Movement and Perceptions of Migrants and Refugees with Social Media,” Project Series, no. 28, 2017.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
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The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
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Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1
Monitoring household coping strategies during complex crises final
1. Monitoring Household Coping Strategies during Complex Crises
United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Children’s Fund1
I. Introduction and Relevance for UNDP and UNICEF
Households cope with unanticipated shocks in a variety of ways by drawing upon
individual, community, market and public resources. Although such shocks may be of
relatively short duration, an extensive body of literature has shown that, left to
themselves, vulnerable households and individuals may cope in ways that adversely
affect human development in the long term. Such effects can become more likely during
global crises, when many are affected at the same time (aggregate shocks), and some
forms of community, market and public mechanisms may falter. The current economic
crisis is one such episode, as are recurrent episodes of high food and energy prices.
In our study, we first brought together some evidence for impacts on human development
occasioned by periods of crises. We then examined the actions – coping mechanisms-
that households take to minimize the harm from shocks to their wellbeing, by drawing on
on-going surveys that document the impact of the current crisis. Apart from their intrinsic
interest, such mechanisms are also of importance to policymakers as they link the better
observed, macro indicators of a crisis, such as declines in GDP growth, increases in
unemployment and falls in export revenues, to longer term negative impacts, such as
extended periods of poverty, poorer health, stunted children and decreases in educational
outcomes. While many of these longer term consequences may be irreversible,
understanding the coping mechanisms that lead to such outcomes may help in identifying
observable characteristics that can be monitored for timely assessment of the impact of a
crisis at the household level, as well as in devising policy interventions that could
forestall negative long term outcomes. In addition, understanding how households cope
also helps determine why different individuals within the same household may be
affected differently.
1
This paper summarizes a research project supported by UN Global Pulse’s “Rapid Impact and
Vulnerability Assessment Fund” (RIVAF) between 2010 and 2011. Global Pulse is an innovation initiative
of the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General, which functions as an innovation lab, bringing
together expertise from inside and outside the United Nations to harness today's new world of digital data
and real-time analytics for global development. RIVAF supports real-time data collection and analysis to
help develop a better understanding of how vulnerable populations cope with impacts of global crises. For
more information visit www.unglobalpulse.org.
2. II. Key Findings
Our review of existing work shows extensive evidence of the harmful impacts of
aggregate shocks on human development, and is reported in greater detail in the main
paper. Going beyond this review, our study proceeds to examine evidence from two
countries during the global economic crisis of 2009. We use data collected by our
partners in the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) network as part of their Community-
based Monitoring Survey (CBMS) work. These surveys were conducted in a number of
countries including Indonesia, Kenya, Lao PDR, the Philippines, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Our work uses the data collected in the Philippines and in Kenya and broadly validates
the study of housing level coping behaviour as a sensitive indicator of the impact of the
crisis with important implications for both monitoring and policy design.
Coping Mechanisms in the Philippines
Macroeconomic evidence shows that the economic crisis impacted the Philippines
through a sharp decline in its exports; and a fall in remittances from overseas workers,
particularly those working in the USA. Based on these key channels, an initial scoping
study identified 13 barangays (wards/villages) most likely to feel the effects of the crisis,
as well as indicators to be monitored at the household and community levels. Consistent
with the CBMS methodology, all households in the selected sites were included in the
survey, thus covering 4,954 households with 21,454 members2. The survey was
conducted in April 2009, with a reference period from November 2008 to April 2009.
When asked directly about any impacts felt from the crisis, a large number of households
reported that they were affected by the crisis, with 31.03 per cent reporting no impact or a
mild impact and 65.74 per cent reporting a moderate to severe impact 3.
The survey asked questions about a wide array of coping strategies related to augmenting
income (for example through sales of assets, borrowing, or drawing upon savings);
changing food consumption (for example through consuming staples only, reducing
portion sizes or consuming one’s own harvest); and altering the use of education (for
example through transferring from a private to a public school, spending less on books
and consumables or withdrawing from school) and health (for example through shifting
from private providers to government clinics, using generic medication in place of
branded options or using alternative medicines). Household characteristics such as
incomes, location, composition, levels of education and other features were also
recorded.
2
It was also possible to keep track of some individual households from a previous survey in 2006 (and
earlier for a few barangays) and as a result, panel data is available on 2702 households, with one round of
pre-crisis and one round of post-crisis data, which will be further analyzed.
3
Within the 2702 households for which information from 2006 is also available, and which reported a
moderate or severe impact from the GFC, there is a small, but perceptible shift in the real per capita
income distribution functions towards the left, with the effect being especially marked below the poverty
line of 18,000 pesos. The self reported impact is thus borne out by changes in the poverty status of
households, and we take the self reported impact to be a reliable indicator for inferring coping behaviour
occasioned by the crisis.
3. Table 1 shows the frequency of some of the coping behaviours of interest, both in the
aggregate and also by (per capita) income quintiles. This table shows that in all quintiles,
households responded to the crisis by adopting some combination of coping mechanisms.
Table 1: Coping strategies (percentages), by income quintile
Income Quintile
Coping Strategy Total Lowest 2 3 4 Highest
At least one food related
85.99 81.85 85.4 85.76 90.3 86.67
strategy
At least one education related
25.05 33.17 28.3 24.43 24.44 14.67
strategy
At least one health related
60.4 56.85 57.91 64.29 64.44 58.37
strategy
Borrowed money 37.34 38.15 41.74 38.26 39.72 28.63
Used savings 13.84 16.44 14.6 12.95 12.69 12.56
Pawned Assets 4.08 2.06 3.92 4.72 5.59 4.05
Sold Assets 2.56 3.62 3.59 2.21 1.93 1.45
Looked for additional work 5.62 5.73 8.72 5.29 5.17 3.12
Income-related Coping: Borrowing money is one of the two most prevalent coping
strategies, with 37.34 per cent of households reporting borrowing to meet various
expenses. Across different income groups, differences were observed in how assets
were used to tide over the crisis: the poor are more likely to sell assets while the rich are
relatively more likely to pawn. The data also shows (Table 2) that community borrowing
(from a friend, relative, neighbor, a cooperative or an NGO) is by far the most common
borrowing behaviour, with the lower quintiles relatively much more likely to borrow
from the community while the higher quintiles are more likely to borrow from a private
source, possibly at higher interest rates. We also see that private borrowing is much more
common in urban areas than rural areas.
Table 2: Households (percentage) borrowing from different sources
Income
Quintile
All (%) Lowest 2 3 4 Highest Rural (%)Urban (%)
Tried to borrow money 38.46 39.88 43.36 39.46 39.92 29.46 38.04 38.91
Borrowed money 37.34 38.15 41.74 38.26 39.72 28.63 36.87 37.85
Community borrowing 21.03 22.19 19.95 22.14 21.02 19.56 20.25 21.85
Private borrowing 11.39 7.10 10.49 13.48 12.79 13.69 5.54 15.18
Others 3.37 2.06 3.42 2.89 4.01 4.85 3.72 3.01
Food-related Coping: A large proportion of households (85.99 per cent) used at least one
food related coping strategy – with significant differences in those likely to be more
common across income groups, as shown in Figure 1. It is quite evident from this that
4. some strategies appear more likely to be adopted at lower levels of income than others –
for example, reducing portions, and consuming staples only.
Each one of these can be quite harmful, especially with respect to nutrition, with
potentially severe consequences for the very young, the pregnant, the lactating and those
suffering from chronic illnesses such as HIV/AIDS. Moreover, during an extended
period, the vulnerability of a household to subsequent shocks as well as the likelihood of
long-term negative outcomes can increase as a result of resorting to such methods.
Figure 1: Food-related coping mechanisms
Food-Related Coping Strategies
Percentage of Households
Consumed
staple food only
Combined
meals
Reduced
portion
Consumed own
harvest
Other
Decile (Per capita income)
Education and Health-related Coping: As far as education related coping mechanisms
are concerned, 25.05 per cent of households overall reported utilizing at least one such
measure. Similar to the food related strategies, education is more likely to be impacted in
poorer households. 60.4 per cent of all households have to use at least one health related
strategy. Table 3 shows a breakdown of households reporting different degrees of impact
from the economic crisis.
It appears that the difference in coping behavior observed across income groups is not a
result of differential impact across income groups. The impact of the crisis (at least self
reported) is independent of household income level.
5. Table 3: Households (percentage) reporting different degrees of impact
Bottom Income quintile
Total 40 Top 60 Lowest 2 3 4 Highest
Not + mild 31.03 35.63 28.91 38.56 30.77 27.64 25.51 33.71
Moderate +severe 65.74 64.63 68.31 57.68 68.02 70.16 71.36 63.28
Figures 2 and 3 summarize the relative prevalence of income, food, health and education
related coping strategies among the poor and the rich. The red bars show the ratio of the
prevalence of a coping strategy among the bottom and top quintile of per capita income.
The blue bar shows the ratio between the bottom 40 per cent and the top 60 per cent of
the population, by per capita income.
To the right of the bold vertical line are those strategies where the (unconditional)
probability is observed to be higher among the poor relative to the rich. Apart from the
food-related strategies discussed earlier, we observed that among the poor, education-
related coping is more likely and health-related coping is less likely.
The poor appear to already be at minimal levels of expenditure with respect to health-
related services. A similar analysis with respect to income-related coping strategies
shows that the poor are more likely to rely on selling assets, and looking for additional
work.
Figure 2: Income-related coping across the poor and the rich
Philippines: Adoption of coping strategies by the poor and
the rich
Borrowed money
Used savings
Pawned Assets
Sold Assets
Looked for additional work
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
Ratio
?irst quintile to ?ifth bottom 40 to top 60
6. Figure 3: Coping mechanisms across the poor and the rich
Philippines: Adoption of coping strategies by the poor and
the rich
At least one food related strategy
Consumed staple food only
Combined meals
Reduced portion
Consumed own harvest
Other
At least one education related strategy
At least one health related strategy
0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00
Ratio
?irst quintile to ?ifth bottom 40 to top 60
Coping Mechanisms in Kenya
The data collection for the study was carried out from July 2009 to January 2010, in Tana
River district (one of the poorest districts in Kenya with about 72 per cent of the
population living below the poverty line), and surveyed 5,882 households in six sub-
locations. One notable characteristic of the region is that many households reported being
affected by factors other than the economic crisis - 90.2 per cent by drought, 38.84 per
cent by ethnic conflict and so on. In these circumstances it becomes especially hard to
determine what part of the coping behavior, if any, can be attributed to the economic
crisis.
Notwithstanding such difficulties in attribution (present to some extent in the Philippines
as well), the coping strategies follow a broadly similar pattern as discussed above – with
differences in relative frequencies, that may be reflecting differences in room to
maneuver due to higher levels of continuing poverty.
In Kenya, selling belongings in general and selling belongings specifically to buy food
are widely reported coping strategies, reported by 20.59 and 33.40 per cent of
households4 respectively. In addition, 26.28 per cent of households reported a decline in
their monthly food expenditure. Common use of food-related coping is one of the many
similarities in the behavior of households in the Philippines and Kenya. At the same time,
there are distinct and important differences between the two countries, indicating the
relevance and importance of country-specific approaches.
As seen in Table 4, 11.75 per cent of households report borrowing as a coping strategy.
Borrowing is more common in higher income quintiles, probably reflecting the
borrowing constraints faced by lower income households. The evidence from Kenya
4
This question (Q36) had a different reference period than other questions and asked if the household had
sold any belonging buy food over the last one month.
7. shows that it is easier for the upper quintiles to borrow to tide over shocks. A
significantly larger proportion of the relatively well-off also seem to have savings that
they can spend in times of need. On the other hand, potentially harmful coping behavior
seems to be more common in the bottom two income quintiles of households. This was
also seen in the Philippines.
Table 4: Coping Strategies (percentages), by Income Quintile
Income
Quintile
Coping Strategy Total Lowest 2 3 4 Highest
Decline in monthly food expenditure 26.28 38.87 30.25 18.80 20.09 22.67
Decline in monthly education
expenditure 13.29 8.87 7.14 7.63 12.26 12.59
Shifted at least one child from private to
public school 4.38 0.68 1.10 1.13 1.79 2.67
Withdrew at least one child from
school 1.43 5.63 4.25 3.73 4.09 3.28
Decline in monthly health expenditure 15.93 23.70 15.04 14.64 13.70 11.64
Borrowed money 11.75 6.73 7.90 12.39 13.28 18.19
Used savings 15.60 3.50 6.46 13.08 22.72 32.07
Sold belongings 20.59 13.90 25.23 27.04 20.34 15.60
Sold belongings to buy food in the
last month 33.40 40.41 38.57 35.62 29.02 22.67
Sought additional work 3.41 2.05 4.50 3.64 3.23 3.36
The results from the Philippines and Kenya are consistent with the recent emerging
literature on the impact of shocks on households. For example Crompton et al (2011)
draws together evidence from a number of studies on the effects of the 2007-2008 food
price spike. They find that high food prices increased malnutrition in young children, and
poverty. They report that nearly all households surveyed reported eating less-preferred
food as well as the use of credit and savings as widespread coping mechanisms.
Preliminary evidence available from the global financial crisis reaffirms these themes
while introducing some new ones.
Conclusions
The evidence received and analyzed thus far indicates that coping mechanisms can
indeed provide a fairly sensitive indicator of how households respond to negative shocks;
with significant differences between those adopted by the poor and the rich. While there
are important country specific differences in the details, it also appears that the poor are
more likely to have only a limited number of options, which makes them more prone to
adopting strategies that are likely to result in adverse human development outcomes.
Relatively quick surveys may be able to identify the most relevant coping strategies in a
8. particular context, as well as suggesting concrete policy options that may help in
mitigating the harmful effects.
The longer such coping measures last, the more likely that there will be long-term
negative effects. Moreover, as the shock abates, the speed at which coping measures are
wound down becomes an important parameter in determining how quick the recovery
from the negative consequences will be. UNDP and UNICEF will remain involved in
continuing surveys in these countries to address some of these issues.
III. Key Challenges
Unavailability of Baseline Information - In the absence of a baseline, it becomes difficult
to distinguish between regular behaviour and coping behaviour. In the Philippines,
CBMS has interviewed a panel of households around the year 2006 and then in 2009.
However, the questions related to coping behavior that are part of the GFC (2009)
questionnaire are not part of the ‘core’ questionnaire that was administered in 2006 and
2009. As a result, we are unable to assess how the relative frequency (for example, of
using savings) or magnitude (example, the size of loans) of a particular household
activity is different from the norm. Moreover, if the relevant behaviour changes
seasonally, we have no way of taking this into account5.
Difficulty in Attribution - In the Philippines, a large number of respondents identified
themselves as being impacted by the crisis. This was supported by a shift in the
distribution of real per capita income, giving us confidence that the coping (or the part of
household behaviour that can be considered coping and not just usual behaviour) was in
response to the economic crisis. Households were also asked if they were affected by a
number of direct transmission channels such as the loss of a job, decline in remittances, a
decline in the frequency of remittances etc. It is puzzling that only 375 households (7.57
per cent) reported being affected by at least one of these direct channels. Either these
questions on the direct impacts are missing some channels from the crisis or households
are feeling the impact of other shocks. This is hard to determine as no information is
collected on price levels or other contemporaneous shocks. Finally, the criteria for
choosing the 13 sentinel sites are not very clear. In fact, collecting data at other sites, not
expected to show impacts from the crisis, would have provided useful control group data.
In the case of Kenya, it is difficult to determine the nature of shocks that the household is
reacting to. As seen above, the survey responders reported being subject to drought,
conflict and a number of other shocks. There was no specific question on how they were
affected by the economic crisis.
5
According to the FAO, for the Philippines, “the wet-season rice crop in the north lasts from June to
November and the dry-season crop from January to May-June. In the south it is the reverse: wet-season
crops last from October-November to March-April and dry-season crops from May-June to November”. It
is therefore plausible that at least some of the households in the sample would have resorted to coping
behaviours as a matter of routine in the agricultural lean season. However, we are unable to identify the
relative contribution of this factor to the observed behaviours.
9. Intensity of Harmful Coping – Food-related and education-related coping—each with its
own long-term consequences —are commonly observed. It would have been more
informative if the frequency of such behaviour had been noted. For example, the impact
on a household that reports eating less-preferred food once or twice in the last six months
feels it very differently than a household that reports doing this repeatedly in the last six
months. Similarly, the frequency of other coping, such as how often school is being
missed by children, matters.