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The Voice of Travelers : Leveraging User-Generated Content for Tourism Development 2018

Salem, Talia - 2018

Tourism is growing faster than ever before in emerging and developing economies. In just 10 years, the tourism landscape has changed completely. Digital platforms are changing the way travel is traditionally researched, bought, sold, experienced and shared. Facilitated by digital platforms,...

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Contagious protests

Arezki, Rabah; Dama, Alou Adessé; Djankov, Simeon; … - 2020

This paper explores the spillover of protests across countries using data on nonviolent and spontaneous demonstrations for 200 countries from 2000 to 2020. Using an autoregressive spatial model, the analysis finds strong evidence of "contagious protests," with a catalyzing role of social media....

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The Pulse of Public Opinion : Using Twitter Data to Analyze Public Perception of Reform in El Salvador

Seabold, Skipper - 2015

This study uses Twitter data to provide a more nuanced understanding of the public reaction to the 2011 reform to the propane gas subsidy in El Salvador. By soliciting a small sample of manually tagged tweets, the study identifies the subject matter and sentiment of all tweets during six...

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The Role of Mobile-Enabled Social Media in Social Development

Yamamichi, Masatake - 2011

A number of countries recently experienced protest organized by citizens that were in pursuit of accountability and openness from government. It was witnessed that social media played a highly important role in those events; among others, continuously providing updated information, establishing...

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Applying machine learning and geolocation techniques to social media data (Twitter) to develop a resource for urban planning

Milusheva, Sveta; Marty, Robert; Bedoya, Guadalupe; … - 2020

With all the recent attention focused on big data, it is easy to overlook that basic vital statistics remain difficult to obtain in most of the world. This project set out to test whether an openly available dataset (Twitter) could be transformed into a resource for urban planning and...

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Fast, Easy and Cheap Job Matching : Social Networks in Bangladesh

Matsuda, Norihiko - 2017

This paper uncovers the reason why social networks are used in a job market. The data are novel: a nationally representative matched employer-employee data set in Bangladesh with detailed information, including direct measures of the use of social networks. The empirical analysis shows that...

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The Challenge of Agricultural Pollution : Evidence from China, Vietnam, and the Philippines

Cassou, Emilie - 2018

victim of its own success.In parts of China, Vietnam, and the Philippines-the countries studied in The Challenge of …

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Mobilizing Finance for Local Infrastructure Development in Vietnam : A City Infrastructure Financing Facility

Campanaro, Alessandra - 2018

Vietnam stands out as one of the most dynamic emerging countries in the East Asia and Pacific region. Since major … shortfall of US$ 9 billion in funding for local infrastructure investments, provincial governments in Vietnam need to move … financial instrument that could catalyze the subnational borrowing market in Vietnam. The report presents the findings of three …

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Persistent Malnutrition in Ethnic Minority Communities of Vietnam : Issues and Options for Policy and Interventions

Mbuya, Nkosinathi V. N. - 2019

malnutrition is fundamental to the development of Vietnam's human capital. Economic development of the nation depends on the … rates of malnutrition among ethnic minority populations in Vietnam. It assesses the determinants and causes, using a causal …

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Public-Private Partnerships for Health in Vietnam : Issues and Options

Le, Sang Minh - 2020

This book describes the nature of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health sector in Vietnam. It defines health … Vietnam, as well as financing and accountability mechanisms for PPPs at its national and subnational levels. It provides an … overview of the PPP project pipeline in Vietnam and analyzes important issues in the health PPPs design, preparation, and …

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