Analyzing Big Data on a Shoestring Budget
Big data has opened a new world for demographers and public health scientists to explore. But is analyzing big data practical and affordable?
Big data has opened a new world for demographers and public health scientists to explore. But is analyzing big data practical and affordable?
The Fred H. Bixby Forum: A Scientific Investigation of the Impact of Global Population Changes on a Divided Planet
Project: PACE: Policy, Advocacy, and Communication Enhanced for Population and Reproductive Health
(2012) Sub-Saharan Africa's population will likely more than double by 2050 even if fertility drops steadily, from 856 million today to almost 2 billion people.1 There will be more than twice as many people to feed in a region that already faces great food security challenges.
(2009) Malaria threatens close to one-half of the world's population, and more than 1 million children die each year of malaria-related complications.
(2009) As many as 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year on the African continent alone.