Search Results for author: Joshua E. Blumenstock

Found 6 papers, 0 papers with code

(Machine) Learning What Policies Value

no code implementations1 Jun 2022 Daniel Björkegren, Joshua E. Blumenstock, Samsun Knight

When a policy prioritizes one person over another, is it because they benefit more, or because they are preferred?

BIG-bench Machine Learning

Micro-Estimates of Wealth for all Low- and Middle-Income Countries

no code implementations15 Apr 2021 Guanghua Chi, Han Fang, Sourav Chatterjee, Joshua E. Blumenstock

Many critical policy decisions, from strategic investments to the allocation of humanitarian aid, rely on data about the geographic distribution of wealth and poverty.

Humanitarian

Gamblers Learn from Experience

no code implementations1 Nov 2020 Joshua E. Blumenstock, Matthew Olckers

Using data on financial transactions for over 50 000 Kenyan smartphone users, we find that gamblers do learn from experience.

Multi-GCN: Graph Convolutional Networks for Multi-View Networks, with Applications to Global Poverty

no code implementations31 Jan 2019 Muhammad Raza Khan, Joshua E. Blumenstock

We show that this method outperforms state-of-the-art semi-supervised learning algorithms on three different prediction tasks using mobile phone datasets from three different developing countries.

Graph Learning Humanitarian

Machine Learning Across Cultures: Modeling the Adoption of Financial Services for the Poor

no code implementations16 Jun 2016 Muhammad Raza Khan, Joshua E. Blumenstock

Recently, mobile operators in many developing economies have launched "Mobile Money" platforms that deliver basic financial services over the mobile phone network.

BIG-bench Machine Learning

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