"A term that has become mainstream in the policy and development discourse since the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda called for a “Data Revolution” to “strengthen data and statistics for accountability and decision-making purposes”. It refers to the applications and implications of data as a social phenomenon. The term “Industrial Revolution of Data” was coined by Computer Scientist Joseph Hellerstein in 2008."

Source: Data-Pop Alliance (2015). Beyond Data Literacy: Reinventing Community Engagement and Empowerment in the Age of Data.” Data-Pop Alliance White Paper Series. Data-Pop Alliance (Harvard Humanitarian
Initiative, MIT Media Lab and Overseas Development Institute) and Internews. September 2015.

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