Thailand has seen significant economic growth over the last four decades. In 2011, Thailand moved from a low-income to upper-middle-income country after a combination of consistent economic growth and poverty reduction. While Thailand’s economy contracted by 6.1% in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report compiled by the McKinsey Global…

Lima is the fourth most-populous city in South America and the largest city in Peru, with a population of almost 10 million people. Although Peru’s poverty rate dropped significantly from 46.7% in 2006 to 24.6% in 2016, inequality is rife, and 35% of Lima’s residents live in informal settlements while…

By Louise Ribet, Partnerships Lead at WhereIsMyTransport The connection between urban public transport and gender inequality is not new, but it is now drawing increased global attention from governments, think tanks, research institutes, and advocacy groups. There is no country in the world that does not experience unequal gendered dynamics…

By Carlos Ahumada, Public Policy Manager EMEA & LATAM, Data for Good at Meta, and Devin de Vries, CEO of WhereIsMyTransport It’s estimated that people create over one trillion MB of data globally every day, and by 2025, this is expected to reach 463 exabytes. …

“WhereIsMyTransport is collecting so much data that no one has ever been able to do in emerging markets before. And the value is not just the fixed data sets. When you marry data sets with other data sets, you unlock their true power. I look at it as a wonderful…

Emerging markets disproportionately drive global economic growth. The fastest GDP per capita growth and fastest employment growth are both found in emerging markets, according to the Brooking Institute. Which emerging-market cities should you watch in 2022? Bangkok, Thailand Today, Bangkok is one of Asia’s most important commercial cities, and the…

2021 was a big year for all of us at WhereIsMyTransport. From helping clients and partners like Google and the World Bank deliver smarter solutions in emerging markets, to raising $14.5 million during our Series A extension, and launching Rumbo — our first consumer product in Latin America and Asia…

Our latest white paper, understanding the mobility ground truth in Dar es Salaam, explores the public transport modes that people in Tanzania’s most-populous city use to get around. One of those modes is bajajs—auto-rickshaws typically used by commuters and children travelling to school. Think public transport in Dar es Salaam…

Our latest white paper, understanding the mobility ground truth in Lima, explores the public transport modes that commuters in Peru’s largest city use to get around. Two of those are combis and microbuses, the latter of which is abbreviated to micros in Peruvian Spanish. Every day, people spend an average…