Benson Chau, Author at Premise

The Power of Data in Understanding Financial Inclusion

Financial exclusion can be a significant barrier to economic growth – for both an individual and a nation. The importance of financial inclusion has been especially demonstrated in populations without regular access to traditional financial services—women, illiterate individuals, members of the LGBTQ+ community, etc. Recent studies have shown that with better financial inclusion, households can

Are Governments Providing Enough Nutrition for Those Who Need It?

Premise performs ongoing sentiment analysis utilizing our strong user base and their contributions to our Global Index. The Premise Global Index strategically comprises over 35 general topics: from strength and effectiveness of civic organizations, community cohesion and quality of life, economic health, to the availability/effectiveness of basic services (health care, water & sanitation, transportation, housing,

Citizenship Data in Arab Countries Collected Through Premise App

Get a 360 degree view of citizenship in Arab countries in a newly released data from the United Nations Development Programme collected through the Premise app:

Premise Hosts Inaugural Disrupting Development Conference in DC

The 2019 Disrupting Development conference in DC has concluded. Special thanks to all the speakers, sponsors and attendees for making the first-ever Disrupting Development possible. We’re already planning and looking forward to making 2020’s conference even greater! Conference highlights and videos are available here. About the Event Disrupting Development: How the Data Revolution will

Why You Need Better Pricing Data

Today’s marketplace is extremely tight for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. To stay in the game, CPG companies need to be constantly innovating; to do that, they need an accurate and current data source. There is immense value for brands in collecting ongoing data surrounding the prices of their products and other commodities in stores.

Understanding Dynamic Economies with Data

When doing business in countries with less stable political or economic climates, alternative data sources can provide critical business intelligence. Research suggests that alternative data sources can be extremely helpful for getting more accurate gauges of how war-torn economies are performing. You may not operate in countries impacted by war or conflict, but many emerging

The New Way to Collect In-Store Data

This is the final post in our four-part series covering tips and tricks for conducting a retail audit for your business. Global shifts are forcing retailers to be more data-centric, but collecting the right data can difficult, especially in-stores. For brands, collecting information about their products in retailers can provide critical insight, but often times

Dive into the Details of your Product Locations

This is part three of a four-part series covering tips and tricks for conducting a retail audit for your business. Optimally we would have a statistic to show you how often new retail outlets open and how often they go out of business, but there isn’t a place that keeps a comprehensive list of that

Our BREXIT Flash Poll Corroborates Other Reports and Reveals Some Interesting Doomsday Preparations

Brexit is happening, like it or not. Today, it’s not clear if the Prime Minister will fully negotiate a smooth exit from the European Union (EU). Will it be a “No-Deal” Brexit or will PM Theresa May secure a deal with the EU? The world will find out this month, but now, how do people

Stop Playing Where’s Waldo with Your Products and Services

This is part two of a four-part series covering tips and tricks for conducting a retail audit for your business. There are over 7.6 billion people in the world in over 195 countries covering 24 time zones. Research from the UN suggests that 1 in 5 people live in a city of one million or more,

Are You Crowdsourcing Retail Audit Data in Emerging Markets?

This is part one of a four-part series covering tips and tricks for conducting a retail audit for your business. The competitive consumer packaged goods (CPG) market is dominated globally by a handful of companies. Recent studies in the United States alone suggest that by 2020 sales of the CPG industry will exceed $760 billion. Many

Country Support Specialist Spotlight: Pewang Peters

Our global workforce plays a huge role in our ability to manage hundreds of networks and thousands of Contributors across the globe. In an effort to share more about what our global workforce (which includes our country support specialists (CSS’s) and country managers) does for Premise. This month in our spotlight series we are happy

Author: Benson Chau