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Measuring districts' monthly economic activity from outer space (English)

Evening-hour luminosity observed using satellites is a good proxy for economic activity. The strengths of measuring economic activity using nightlight measurements include that the data capture informal activity, are available in near real-time, are cheap to obtain, and can be used to conduct very spatially granular analysis. This paper presents a measure of monthly economic activity at the district level based on cleaned Visible Infrared Imaging...
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Beyer,Robert Carl Michael; Chhabra,Esha; Galdo,Virgilio; Rama,Martin G..

Measuring districts' monthly economic activity from outer space (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8523 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/835491531401292135

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