Bright Lights, Big Cities : Measuring National and Subnational Economic Growth in Africa from Outer Space, with an Application to Kenya and Rwanda

Bright Lights, Big Cities : Measuring National and Subnational Economic Growth in Africa from Outer Space, with an Application to Kenya and Rwanda

This paper uses the night lights (satellite imagery from outer space) approach to estimate growth in and levels of subnational 2013 gross domestic product for 47 counties in Kenya and 30 districts in Rwanda. Estimating subnational gross domestic pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bundervoet, Tom, Maiyo, Laban, Sanghi, Apurva
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
EXPENDITURE
GROWTH RATES
SUB-NATIONAL
CONSUMPTION
REVENUE SHARING
POVERTY LINE
DISECONOMIES OF SCALE
EQUAL SHARES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
ESTIMATION METHOD
CITY
POVERTY LEVELS
COEFFICIENTS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
INCOME
VALUE
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
REVENUE ALLOCATION
NATIONAL POVERTY LINE
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
ECONOMIC DECLINE
MACROECONOMICS
REAL GDP
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIONS
GDP PER CAPITA
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
ELASTICITY
URBAN AREAS
DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
INCENTIVES
DISTRICT- LEVEL
SUBNATIONAL UNITS
SUBNATIONAL UNIT
PROVINCES
ANNUAL GROWTH
TAX
INPUTS
CITIES
WEALTH
SURVEYS
ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
FIXED EFFECTS
SUBNATIONAL
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
SUB- NATIONAL
PRO-POOR
GDP
LONG-TERM GROWTH
GROWTH RATE
INFORMAL ECONOMY
FISCAL MANAGEMENT
POVERTY
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
REVENUE-RAISING CAPACITY
ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS
DISTRICT
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
REVENUE
AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE
CRITERIA
POLICY RESEARCH
UNDERESTIMATES
POOR
TAX BASE
DISTRICT-LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INDICATORS
EMPIRICAL MODEL
DISTRICT LEVEL
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
REVENUE SHARING FORMULA
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DISTRICTS
EXPENDITURE NEEDS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
SUBNATIONAL ENTITIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
GROWTH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25221167/bright-lights-big-cities-measuring-national-subnational-economic-growth-africa-outer-space-application-kenya-rwanda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22883

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25221167/bright-lights-big-cities-measuring-national-subnational-economic-growth-africa-outer-space-application-kenya-rwanda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22883

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