Estimating Lcal Poverty Measures Using Satellite Images : A Pilot Application to Central America

Several studies have used satellite measures of human activity to complement measures of economic production. This paper builds on those studies by considering satellite measures for improving poverty measures. The paper uses local-scale census and...

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Main Authors:	Klemens, Ben, Coppola, Andrea, Shron, Max
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	DISCUSSION PREDICTIONS PRESENTATIONS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY POVERTY LINE CALIBRATION ECONOMIC GROWTH LANGUAGES HAZARDS ERRORS DATA CENTER INCOME POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY RATES SATELLITES RURAL FEMALE LITERACY INFORMATION HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSING IMAGE CAPACITY BUILDING VARIABLES GLOBAL POVERTY RURAL POPULATION SCRIPTING LANGUAGES INFORMATION SYSTEMS LANGUAGE MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE OPEN ACCESS SATELLITE LITERACY KNOWLEDGE HARDWARE COMMUNICATIONS PIXEL INSTITUTIONS LITERACY RATE DATA DATUM NUMBERS LINEAR MODELS PRODUCTIVITY CASES WEB HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDICATORS PIXELS RESEARCH STANDARDS DATABASES LIBRARY LIBRARIES READING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS PDF POVERTY DATA EXTRACTING RESULTS RURAL FEMALE ELECTRICITY RAW DATA MARKUP LANGUAGE INDEX TEXT RURAL POVERTY LITERATURE CORRELATION RURAL URL MEASUREMENT COUNTING IMAGES SURVEYS CASE FEMALE LITERACY ADMINISTRATION INSURANCE POVERTY INDICATORS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ICT LICENSES EXTREME POVERTY STATISTICS POVERTY RURAL AREAS MARKING INSTITUTION INFRARED POOR PREDICTION RURAL CONTEXTS RURAL LITERACY USES USER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
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spelling	okr-10986-222102021-04-23T14:04:07Z Estimating Lcal Poverty Measures Using Satellite Images : A Pilot Application to Central America Klemens, Ben Coppola, Andrea Shron, Max DISCUSSION PREDICTIONS PRESENTATIONS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY POVERTY LINE CALIBRATION ECONOMIC GROWTH LANGUAGES HAZARDS ERRORS DATA CENTER INCOME POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY RATES SATELLITES RURAL FEMALE LITERACY INFORMATION HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSING IMAGE CAPACITY BUILDING VARIABLES GLOBAL POVERTY RURAL POPULATION SCRIPTING LANGUAGES INFORMATION SYSTEMS LANGUAGE MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE OPEN ACCESS SATELLITE LITERACY KNOWLEDGE HARDWARE COMMUNICATIONS PIXEL INSTITUTIONS LITERACY RATE DATA DATUM NUMBERS LINEAR MODELS PRODUCTIVITY CASES WEB HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDICATORS PIXELS RESEARCH STANDARDS DATABASES LIBRARY LIBRARIES READING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS PDF POVERTY DATA EXTRACTING RESULTS RURAL FEMALE ELECTRICITY RAW DATA MARKUP LANGUAGE INDEX TEXT RURAL POVERTY LITERATURE CORRELATION RURAL URL MEASUREMENT COUNTING IMAGES SURVEYS CASE FEMALE LITERACY ADMINISTRATION INSURANCE POVERTY INDICATORS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ICT LICENSES EXTREME POVERTY STATISTICS POVERTY RURAL AREAS MARKING INSTITUTION INFRARED POOR PREDICTION RURAL CONTEXTS RURAL LITERACY USES USER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Several studies have used satellite measures of human activity to complement measures of economic production. This paper builds on those studies by considering satellite measures for improving poverty measures. The paper uses local-scale census and survey data from Guatemala to test at how fine a scale satellite measures are useful. Results show that supplementing survey data with satellite data leads to improvements in the estimates. 2015-07-17T17:57:54Z 2015-07-17T17:57:54Z 2015-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24687045/estimating-local-poverty-measures-using-satellite-images-pilot-application-central-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22210 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7329 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Guatemala
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topic	DISCUSSION PREDICTIONS PRESENTATIONS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY POVERTY LINE CALIBRATION ECONOMIC GROWTH LANGUAGES HAZARDS ERRORS DATA CENTER INCOME POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY RATES SATELLITES RURAL FEMALE LITERACY INFORMATION HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSING IMAGE CAPACITY BUILDING VARIABLES GLOBAL POVERTY RURAL POPULATION SCRIPTING LANGUAGES INFORMATION SYSTEMS LANGUAGE MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE OPEN ACCESS SATELLITE LITERACY KNOWLEDGE HARDWARE COMMUNICATIONS PIXEL INSTITUTIONS LITERACY RATE DATA DATUM NUMBERS LINEAR MODELS PRODUCTIVITY CASES WEB HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDICATORS PIXELS RESEARCH STANDARDS DATABASES LIBRARY LIBRARIES READING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS PDF POVERTY DATA EXTRACTING RESULTS RURAL FEMALE ELECTRICITY RAW DATA MARKUP LANGUAGE INDEX TEXT RURAL POVERTY LITERATURE CORRELATION RURAL URL MEASUREMENT COUNTING IMAGES SURVEYS CASE FEMALE LITERACY ADMINISTRATION INSURANCE POVERTY INDICATORS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ICT LICENSES EXTREME POVERTY STATISTICS POVERTY RURAL AREAS MARKING INSTITUTION INFRARED POOR PREDICTION RURAL CONTEXTS RURAL LITERACY USES USER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle	DISCUSSION PREDICTIONS PRESENTATIONS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY POVERTY LINE CALIBRATION ECONOMIC GROWTH LANGUAGES HAZARDS ERRORS DATA CENTER INCOME POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY RATES SATELLITES RURAL FEMALE LITERACY INFORMATION HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSING IMAGE CAPACITY BUILDING VARIABLES GLOBAL POVERTY RURAL POPULATION SCRIPTING LANGUAGES INFORMATION SYSTEMS LANGUAGE MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE OPEN ACCESS SATELLITE LITERACY KNOWLEDGE HARDWARE COMMUNICATIONS PIXEL INSTITUTIONS LITERACY RATE DATA DATUM NUMBERS LINEAR MODELS PRODUCTIVITY CASES WEB HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDICATORS PIXELS RESEARCH STANDARDS DATABASES LIBRARY LIBRARIES READING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS PDF POVERTY DATA EXTRACTING RESULTS RURAL FEMALE ELECTRICITY RAW DATA MARKUP LANGUAGE INDEX TEXT RURAL POVERTY LITERATURE CORRELATION RURAL URL MEASUREMENT COUNTING IMAGES SURVEYS CASE FEMALE LITERACY ADMINISTRATION INSURANCE POVERTY INDICATORS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ICT LICENSES EXTREME POVERTY STATISTICS POVERTY RURAL AREAS MARKING INSTITUTION INFRARED POOR PREDICTION RURAL CONTEXTS RURAL LITERACY USES USER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Klemens, Ben Coppola, Andrea Shron, Max Estimating Lcal Poverty Measures Using Satellite Images : A Pilot Application to Central America
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean Guatemala
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7329
description	Several studies have used satellite measures of human activity to complement measures of economic production. This paper builds on those studies by considering satellite measures for improving poverty measures. The paper uses local-scale census and survey data from Guatemala to test at how fine a scale satellite measures are useful. Results show that supplementing survey data with satellite data leads to improvements in the estimates.
format	Working Paper
author	Klemens, Ben Coppola, Andrea Shron, Max
author_facet	Klemens, Ben Coppola, Andrea Shron, Max
author_sort	Klemens, Ben
title	Estimating Lcal Poverty Measures Using Satellite Images : A Pilot Application to Central America
title_short	Estimating Lcal Poverty Measures Using Satellite Images : A Pilot Application to Central America
title_full	Estimating Lcal Poverty Measures Using Satellite Images : A Pilot Application to Central America
title_fullStr	Estimating Lcal Poverty Measures Using Satellite Images : A Pilot Application to Central America
title_full_unstemmed	Estimating Lcal Poverty Measures Using Satellite Images : A Pilot Application to Central America
title_sort	estimating lcal poverty measures using satellite images : a pilot application to central america
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24687045/estimating-local-poverty-measures-using-satellite-images-pilot-application-central-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22210
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Estimating Lcal Poverty Measures Using Satellite Images : A Pilot Application to Central America

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