The images above are maps of Senegal. The lighter the color, the more poverty the region suffers. Using cellphone data records, University at Buffalo researchers were able to drill down from 14 ...

The latest acreage map published by Senegal will worry a clutch of junior companies keen to keep hold of blocks as the government moves to attract more major players to the upstream scene in a ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Mobile phone calls are analyzed to thwart crime and track diseases. Now, University at Buffalo researchers are studying if such data can help combat extreme poverty. The effort, which ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — For years, policymakers have relied upon surveys and census data to track and respond to extreme poverty. While effective, assembling this information is costly and time-consuming, and ...

This image depicts a poverty map (552 communities) of Senegal generated using the researchers' computational tools. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...