How is the COVID-19 Crisis Affecting Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa? (English)

Daily estimates of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)—one of a group of pollutant gases that derive from human activity, primarily combustion—can provide a useful, albeit "noisy", real-time proxy measure of how COVID-19 has affected economic activity. To examine how the crisis affects NO2 levels in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), we calculated mean daily NO2 tropospheric estimates for 43 regions that contain either national capitals or large urban areas for the period...

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Masaki,Takaaki;

Nakamura,Shohei;

Newhouse,David Locke;
Document Date
2020/05/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
148741
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2020/05/22
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
How is the COVID-19 Crisis Affecting Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Keywords
Poverty and Equity

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Masaki,Takaaki; Nakamura,Shohei; Newhouse,David Locke.

How is the COVID-19 Crisis Affecting Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions in Sub-Saharan Africa? (English). Poverty and Equity Note|no. 21 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/771781590088679352

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