It is almost a truism to argue that data holds a great promise of transformative resources for social good, by helping … predicting teen suicides. Yet it is not public authorities who hold this real-time data, but private entities, such as mobile …-proclaimed ‘data philanthropy’ initiatives and other corporate data-sharing collaborations, data-rich companies have historically shown …

The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Economic Research Service's (ERS) Food Availability Data System … includes three distinct but related data series on food and nutrient availability for consumption. The data serve as popular … Food Availability (FA) data series provides data on the amount of food available, per capita, for human consumption in the …

The use of historical data has become a standard tool in economics, serving three main purposes: to examine the … comprehensive analysis of the types of historical data most commonly used in economic research and discuss a variety of issues that …

"Global construction data is vital for contractors, governments, international organisations, policy makers, academic … about finding a possible way through the inconsistencies between national construction data sets to devise a consistent … approach to national construction data to further the global sustainability agenda and inform policy making. This search begins …