Statement by Alicia Bárcena
Executive Secretary, ECLAC, United Nations
High Level Launch of the
Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data
Hosted by the Governments of the United States, Kenya, Mexico, and Colombia
New York, 28 September 2015
Jose Angel Gurria, Secretary General of OECD
Mahmoud Mohieldin, Corporate Secretary and President’s Special Envoy on Millennium Development Goals, World Bank Group
Amina J.Mohammed, Special Advisor to the Secretary General on Post-2015 Development Planning
Justine Greening, UK Secretary of State for International Dev…
This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (third quarter of 2015) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…
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This document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Washington Office, presents and analyzes the most recent developments (first half of 2015) concerning capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean.…
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The Caribbean region needs to take full advantage of the data revolution. Big data - a critical element of this revolution - is the term used to describe the enormous amount of digital information that is generated when people go about their daily activities, including shopping, talking, texting, internet surfing, and traveling. It also includes information about natural phenomena generated and/or transmitted by machines, including satellites.
The main characteristics of these data that qualify them as Big data are that they are large in volume, they are generated very frequently and they cove…