World Data Lab

World Data Lab Brazil aggregates data for and develops the subnational economic and demographic model of Brazil. Together with WDL, the team in Brasilia define local organizational strategy, manage project portfolios, deliver market analysis, network with potential clients, and drive sales in Brazil. The Brazil team also manage public and private local grants linked to the development of modeling applications.

Rodrigo Ferraz heads WDL’s Brazilian affiliate hub and holds a master’s in Management with a focus on multilateral development initiatives. OUT3 provides R4D project management and accountability to project stakeholders, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, DFID, IFAD, and the World Bank.

WDL and LEAD both work to revolutionize and democratize big data by making it accessible, personable, and granular for private and public sector clients. LEAD collaborates with WDL to create indices and interactive analytical models for poverty, population, health, and other themes of interest at a subnational level for India.

LEAD at Krea University, an action-oriented research centre sponsored by IFMR Society (a not-for-profit society registered under the Societies Act), leverages the power of research, innovation and co-creation to solve complex and pressing challenges in development. LEAD has strategic oversight and brand support from Krea University to enable synergies between academia and the research centre. LEAD has extensive institutional experience in cultivating strategic research partnerships, creating knowledge platforms, and managing complex programs in its areas of expertise - financial inclusion, MSME & entrepreneurship development, governance, and health systems. Since 2005, the centre has been at the forefront of development research and programming in India, and has managed a portfolio of over 200 projects in collaboration with over 300 academics, governments, NGOs and private sector organizations from across the globe.

World Data Lab Indonesia aggregates data for and develops the subnational economic and demographic model of Indonesia. Together with WDL, the team in Jakarta define local organizational strategy, manage project portfolios, deliver market analysis, network with potential clients, and drive sales in Indonesia. The Indonesia team also manage public and private local grants linked to the development of modeling applications.

Bastian Zaini heads WDL’s Indonesian affiliate hub. He has spent a decade as an economist with the World Bank.

World Data Lab Kenya is WDL’s first global affiliate hub. The Kenyan team pioneered WDL’s subnational economic and demographic model, encompassing all 47 districts of the country. The model combines machine learning with high-resolution satellite imagery to provide new insights and forecasts on socioeconomic indicators of poverty and wealth. Together with WDL, the team in Nairobi develop local organizational strategy, oversee project portfolios, and manage public and private local grants linked to the development of modeling applications.

Aaron Thegeya heads WDL’s Kenyan affiliate hub. He has spent over a decade as an economist with the World Bank, focusing on econometric modeling and economic analysis.

World Data Lab Mexico aggregates data for and develops the subnational economic and demographic model of Mexico. Together with WDL, the team in Mexico City define local organizational strategy, oversee project portfolios, deliver market analysis, network with potential clients, and drive sales in Mexico. The team also manage public and private local grants linked to the development of modeling applications.

Luis Aldo and Pavel Sosa head WDL’s Mexican affiliate hub.

World Data Lab New Zealand aggregates data for and develops the subnational economic and demographic model of New Zealand. Together with WDL, the team in Auckland define local organizational strategy, oversee project portfolios, deliver market analysis, network with potential clients, and drive sales in New Zealand.

Warren Cecil Beard heads WDL’s New Zealand affiliate hub.

World Data Lab Nigeria aggregates data for and develops the subnational economic and demographic model of Nigeria. Together with WDL, the team in Abuja define local organizational strategy, oversee project portfolios, and deliver market analysis. Granular data projections are especially useful in Nigeria, currently regarded as having the most people living in extreme poverty, as the country and the development community work to improve the country’s economic trajectory.

World Data Lab Tanzania aggregates data for and develops the subnational economic and demographic model of New Zealand. Together with WDL, the team in Dar es Salaam define local organizational strategy, oversee project portfolios, deliver market analysis, network with potential clients, and drive sales in Tanzania.

Agapiti Manday heads WDL’s Tanzania affiliate hub. He also serves as Team Lead of Data for Local Impact, an organization dedicated to nurturing tech-based social enterprises and community initiatives.