@robamarty

Data Scientist @ World Bank

 Washington, DC
ramarty.github.io
Joined June 2012
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Just released! A crowdsourced dataset that maps 30,000 road crashes in Nairobi. Download here microdata.worldbank.org/inde…. This is work with @smilusheva3 @lupe_bedoya @robamarty to prioritize road safety investments and save people's lives on the roads journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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@yohaniddawela16 Aug 2024
Facebook's marketing API is primarily used by advertisers. But did you know it can also be used to derive geospatial poverty estimates? A new paper from @worldbankdata has developed the methodology. Here's the breakdown:
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[PAQUETE 📦] - ¿Trabajas con info de tráfico? Con {googletraffic} vas poder armar data georreferenciada a partir de la información de tráfico de Google Maps en tiempo real. 🌐 dime-worldbank.github.io/goo… ✍🏼 @robamarty @WorldBank #RStats #RStatsES #Rtips #DataScience
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Interested in tracking urbanization trends, conflict areas or economic activity? Discover the potential of @NASA's #BlackMarble #data with our latest blog post, and explore how #R and #Python packages simplify data access and analysis. 🛰️ wrld.bg/wzkN50R5VFP
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Our spring recruitment drive just went online! Join the fantastic DIME team. We put research and creativity to the service of people, prosperity and the planet. worldbank.org/en/research/di…
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Interested in tracking urbanization trends, conflict areas or economic activity? Discover the potential of @NASA's #BlackMarble #data with our latest blog post, and explore how #R and #Python packages simplify data access and analysis. 🛰️ wrld.bg/ysUG50QAlnq
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Harness the power of @NASA's Black Marble data for groundbreaking analysis: From economic activity to disaster recovery, our research presents user-friendly #R & #Python packages to unlock nighttime lights data's potential. Learn more in our blog post: wrld.bg/sA1s50QAl6t
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@yohaniddawela26 Dec 2023
NASA's Black Marble is the most accurate source of nightlights data. However, it's difficult to use. Here are the exact steps you need to take to work with Black Marble data:
Source: NASA

ALT Source: NASA

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@yohaniddawela29 Nov 2023
Economics is slow to adopt breakthroughs in earth observation. There’s super high-res satellite data that sees through clouds, works at night, and in any weather conditions. Here’s how SAR data will revolutionise spatial economics:
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@yohaniddawela3 Nov 2023
Night time satellite data is one of the most promising proxies for economic growth. • How does it work? • How accurate is it? • What are its issues? Having worked on this extensively during my PhD and after, here’s everything you need to know:
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@yohaniddawela23 Nov 2023
Soon we won't be able to use nightlights as a proxy for economic growth. Why? It's due to limitations of its spectral bands. Here's the breakdown in simple terms:
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After containment policies were implemented, mental health & unemployment searches rose while relationship/family planning searches fell. Higher-income countries saw a larger increase in unemployment related searches & a larger reduction relationship/family planning searches. 3/
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If you prefer interactive figures to reading, see our dashboard! datanalytics.worldbank.org/c… 4/
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Using data from 221 countries & territories, our @SciReports paper shows that @GoogleTrends can anticipate changes in reported #COVID19 cases and can be used to gauge socioeconomic impacts of #lockdowns. nature.com/articles/s41598-0… @ManuelRamosMaq @nausheen__khan @ArndtReichert 1/
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Searches for #COVID19-specific symptoms (eg, “loss of smell”, “loss of taste”) initially correlated strongly with reported cases. As the virus evolved, this association diminished, with searches for general terms like "COVID symptoms" maintaining a strong correlation. 2/
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Curfews in Nairobi during COVID-19 led "to large reductions in crashes during the curfew hours when cars are off the road, but...reductions can be fully offset by an increase in crashes...when people rush to get home before the curfew starts." documents1.worldbank.org/cur…
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Curfews restrict freedom of movement & are at best controversial. In Kenya, we looked at whether they helped road safety. They didn't. Curfews reduced crashes during restricted hours but equally increased accidents before the curfew as drivers rushed home. documents1.worldbank.org/cur…
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Whatever copywriter at Apple came up with Nico finding and BATHING an entire family of raccoons is far more unhinged than I could ever dream of being
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Join us tomorrow to learn more about geo spatial data for monitoring and evaluation and impact evaluation! I will be delighted to present research done under the ieConnect program @ Dime WB, with @robamarty
CERP@CERPakistan30 May 2023
📢 Join the upcoming session on Geospatial Data and Analysis for Monitoring and Evaluation Register Here: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_… #gLOCAL2023 @GEI_GlobalEval @MalikAmmar @ariel_benyishay
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Transport research in Econ is still largely focused on upper and upper-middle income countries. We need to continue investing in research that will inform what policies can work in low income settings through programs like ieConnect
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@3ieNews26 May 2023
#3ie15years @CGDev 6/9 | A 3ie Gap Map showed that transport was >20% of development finance & only < 1% of impact evaluations. How to prioritize investments where they matter most is very important- @alegovini ( DIME, @WorldBank ) 📺Watch the video youtu.be/QwQYwxmwDt4?t=2580
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