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Brazil Using Smartphones For Planning the Future

Posted by timothy on from the emergent-order-too-unreliable dept.

shafiur writes "Brazil has bought 150,000 LG smartphones and has embarked on the world's first fully digital national census. Can they succeed when the US recently failed to go digital? The Brazilians say that the digital census has several advantages over paper and pen methods. They say that the data is more accurate since GPS data will pinpoint the exact location of a household. The GPS data is cross-referenced with satellite images to ensure that responses are correctly geo-tagged. The recently begun census will underpin future publicy-making decisions."

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  1. Re:US did do GPS by Smallpond · · Score: 0, Troll

    "The GPS data is cross-referenced with satellite images to ensure that responses are correctly geotagged"

    but the US didn't check that all of the followup forms weren't filled out in the corner bar by the temp workers.

  2. In The US Enumeration Is Constitutionally Mandated by John+Hasler · · Score: 0, Troll

    But well-designed stratified-sampling surveys produce better statistics at lower cost. Of course, governments are often after more than mere statistics...

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    Warning: this article may contain humor, sarcasm, parody, and perhaps even irony. Read at your own risk.
  3. Facts of the matter by andersh · · Score: 1, Troll

    Did I hurt your feelings? I'm only trying to be objective here, I don't have any feelings for or against Brazil. I believe it will become a fully developed country within a few decades.

    Israel is clearly a developed nation in every aspect of the word. A structured society, ruled by law, organized and effective, high income status, high GDP levels, high levels of education and research all speak in favor of this status.

    I assume you object because of the nature of the conflict with/over Palestine? That fact does not detract from the fact that Israelis enjoy a higher quality of life [on average] than say Brazilians. Please, remember I'm not referring to the top echelons of either society.

    Freedom House's American origins not withstanding it still produces solid reports, I doubt you can find factual faults with that report?

    At least I provided sources and arguments for my claims, you just dismissed the source without providing any counterarguments.

    You also seem to have skipped criticizing all the other international sources I named from the OECD to the UN? Do you at least approve of them?

    I did my homework, you on the other hand have nothing but hot air.

    Sources

    How about an official UN report from the High Commissioner for Human Rights on your country and crime, corruption and violence?

    How about the UNESCO's official page for Brazil:

    "Brazil has been historically marked by social, economic and cultural inequalities. Both society and government are increasingly aware of the need for changing that scenario by creating mechanisms of social participation and control, programmes, projects, and actions that represent a movement towards positive changes."

    "Although it has a large number of poor people Brazil is not a poor country, but still has to overcome social injustice and inequality. The social injustices are are reflected in a medium rank in the Human Development Index (HDI), which means that difficulties are still to be overcome in education, health, income distribution and employment conditions."

    How about a report from Brazil itself (Ministério da Educação)?

    I quote:" In spite of these undeniable advances, Brazil still needs to make great improvements in
    these indicators. In terms of HDI in the Latin America and Caribbean region, Argentina,
    Chile, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Cuba and Mexico all have higher scores than Brazil."

    "In spite of Brazil having the eighth largest economy in the world, the extreme inequality in
    income which still typifies the country means that problems of social exclusion running
    alongside economic growth continue to exist."

    "These data show that, in spite of the progress made, the defects in the Brazilian school
    system are still producing large numbers of people with insufficient levels of education,"

    "The situation of socio-economic exclusion and insufficient provision of basic education are
    also reflected in the opportunities for lifelong learning."

    Nationmaster further provides details and sources on the crime rates in Brazil:
    http://www.nationmaster.com/country/br-brazil/cri-crime

    And so on...