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DataDemic

3 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings

Insider insights into the wave of health and international development data sweeping the globe! Official podcast of Cooper/Smith (coopersmith.org).

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Episodes

From the Village to the Capital

July 30, 2017 16:00 - 33 minutes - 20.8 MB

Why should we care about building local capacity and data skills? Meet Maganizo - a small town boy who makes it big in the international development, health, and IT world. We were pretty enthralled by his origin story and wanted to share it with you as well. Enjoy!

What Would Marty Do?

July 27, 2017 18:00 - 37 minutes - 30.7 MB

Why should we care about data in global development? What does data-driven decision-making really look like? Meet Marty, from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He has some pretty solid ideas on how we can change the way global health programs work.

Is This Thing On?

July 27, 2017 16:00 - 17 minutes - 12.5 MB

Think data is boring? Check out the lighter side of how data is making an impact in people's lives around the world. Each week Cooper/Smith staff will talk with movers and shakers in global development about the future of data and how to make sense of the mounting datademic.  This episode features origin stories of the Cooper/Smith staff, why we wanted to make a podcast in the first place, and our sometimes comical approach to getting it done. For more insights, follow us on twitter, Faceb...