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Peer Reviewed Articles
This paper introduces a fully automated method based on map toponym (place name) labels. It is the first study to demonstrate these methods across a wide ran...
In this article, we present a case study estimating school test scores based solely on publicly available imagery in both the Philippines (2010, 2014) and Br...
In this paper, we present a test of the use of transfer learning in convolutional neural networks in conjunction with high resolution satellite imagery of ro...
Leveraging a novel database on the geographic location of GEF project interventions in Uganda, this paper explores the impact of GEF projects on household as...
We present the geoBoundaries Global Administrative Database (geoBoundaries): an online, open license resource of the geographic boundaries of political admin...
his study uses remote sensing ocean color products to evaluate the impact on reducing marine pollution of the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) portfolio o...
This article explores a CNN-based approach leveraging Landsat 8 imagery to predict locations of conflict-related deaths.
Public Briefs & Reports
This Tearline article examines evidence of six Chinese BRI hydroelectric power projects in Bolivia.
This Tearline article discusses findings from a project which utilizes open-source data collection and imagery analysis to study the impacts of Chinese devel...
This study is the first Value for Money analysis undertaken by the IEO to assess the impact and global environmental benefits of GEF investments and technica...
The article uses the Chinese financing of sustainable energy projects in Cuba as a case study, analyzing why energy projects have been sustainable in Cuba an...
Across seven BRI port projects in Central America and the Caribbean, we find evidence that the project partnerships between China and recipient countries var...
News Articles
Six-university collaboration on estimating road quality from space.
Multiple articles using high resolution satellite imagery to track Chinese activities.
Studying health outcomes related to environmental interventions.
Our annual report for the year 2021.
The fourth iteration of our original dataset.
Our annual report for the year 2020.
An introduction to the geoBoundaries dataset.
In this brief overview of an article recently published in the journal Sustainability, we showcase one way we’re engaged with continuing operations while und...
Our annual report for the year 2019.
A brief origin story of the geoLab.
Highlight of the geoQuery data platform by HPCWire.