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Jun Delos reyes, Nagraj Rao, Clinton Ali and others are enlisted in the challenge
Nowcasting the Economic Impact of COVID-19
Nowcasting the Economic Impact of COVID-19
Leverage Big Data to track COVID-19’s impact on economic activity in Asia and the Pacific!
NOWCASTING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF COVID-19 | Pitch Event
The Final event of the Nowcasting the Economic Impact of COVID-19 took place on August 3, 2020 and was done online.
Each of the 6 finalist teams pitched their solution for 15min, followed by a 15min Q&A by the ADB Jury members.
The team received a seed funding of USD 10,000 or more to pilot their selected solution in ADB’s developing member countries.
Congratulations again to our selected team and all finalists!
CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO OUR OTHER FINALISTS
Flash Boys
We propose an easy to use dashboard with relevant features for nowcasting GDP using sustainable online sources and a well researched machine learning algorithm that offers high accuracy.
ACLS
Our proposal is to use port calls, container throughput, cargo throughput, and customs data to nowcast merchandise imports in the Philippines and other emerging markets in Asia Pacific.
StayInTheNow
We use an open source web scraper as a cheap solution to the demand for fast arriving price information for inflation measurement and nowcasting.
Cobena
Using Microsoft technologies stack, we get data from the Stock Market, Price of goods, and Mobility, and create an automated data pipeline that nowcasts GDP growth using these factors.