Understanding democracy, development traps using a data-driven approach
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 - 09:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Why do some countries seem to develop quickly while others remain poor? This question is at the heart of the so-called poverty or development trap problem. Using mathematics on open data sets researchers now present new insights into this issue, and also suggest which countries can be expected to develop faster. The paper is published in the journal Big Data.