Podcast appearances and mentions of tariq khokhar

Earlier this year, hundreds of geeks gathered in South Africa for the first ever World Data Forum. Among them, was Tariq Khokhar. In a special edition marking the end of the first series of “Between 2 Geeks”, he reports on innovations in how data are being produced, with discussions featuring Amazon, Facebook and The World Pop Project. He also speaks with Anna Rosling Rönnlund of Gapminder, and explores new ideas for how data can be used to promote a “fact based view of the world”

Globally, 77 countries still don’t have the data they need to adequately track and measure poverty. These data come from household surveys, but how exactly are these surveys designed, tested and run? Presenters Raka Banerjee and Tariq Khokhar speak with Diane Steele - an expert in the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study team, and discover that collecting data from surveys may be more complicated than you think.

Hear about the World Bank’s new podcast series ‘Between Two Geeks,’ which delves into the numerical side of life around the world. In the first episode, presenters Tariq Khokhar and Raka Banerjee look into the data behind demography with help from one of the world’s leading population experts. Future episodes will follow every Tuesday over the course of the next two months.

Sameer Vasta and Richard Pietro are at the Canadian Open Data Summit and International Open Data Conference and sharing their perspectives on the speakers, sessions, and events. Today, Tariq Khokhar, an Open Data Evangelist from the World Bank, provides us with an International perspective on this conference and movement.