ITHACA, N.Y. – Leveraging national surveys, big data, and machine learning, Cornell University researchers have developed a new approach to mapping poverty that could help policymakers and NGOs better ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Economic Innovation Group (EIG) has released a major report: "Advancing Economic Development in Persistent-Poverty Communities" that finds a larger base ...

We begin by providing a brief review of the poverty mapping literature that dates back to early 2000s. In a nutshell, estimates of poverty at the small area level are obtained by predicting household ...

Leveraging national surveys, big-data advances and machine learning, Cornell researchers have piloted a new approach to mapping poverty that could help policymakers identify the neediest people in ...

One of the biggest challenges in providing relief to people living in poverty is locating them. The availability of accurate and reliable information on the location of impoverished zones is ...