Measuring Districts' Monthly Economic Activity from Outer Space

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, ar...

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Main Authors:	Beyer, Robert C. M., Chhabra, Esha, Galdo, Virgilio, Rama, Martin
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	NIGHTLIGHT MEASUREMENT SPATIAL ANALYSIS VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITE INFRARED IMAGING REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE IMAGERY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/835491531401292135/Measuring-districts-monthly-economic-activity-from-outer-space http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29996

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spelling	okr-10986-299962022-02-10T00:22:14Z Measuring Districts' Monthly Economic Activity from Outer Space Beyer, Robert C. M. Chhabra, Esha Galdo, Virgilio Rama, Martin NIGHTLIGHT MEASUREMENT SPATIAL ANALYSIS VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITE INFRARED IMAGING REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE IMAGERY 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 Radiometer Suite nightlight and rural population. The paper demonstrates that this new method can shed light on recent episodes in South Asia: first, the 2015 earthquake in Nepal; second, demonetization in India; and, third, violent conflict outbreaks in Afghanistan. 2018-07-16T14:44:33Z 2018-07-16T14:44:33Z 2018-07 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/835491531401292135/Measuring-districts-monthly-economic-activity-from-outer-space http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29996 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8523 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 Africa South Asia South Asia
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topic	NIGHTLIGHT MEASUREMENT SPATIAL ANALYSIS VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITE INFRARED IMAGING REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE IMAGERY
spellingShingle	NIGHTLIGHT MEASUREMENT SPATIAL ANALYSIS VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITE INFRARED IMAGING REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE IMAGERY Beyer, Robert C. M. Chhabra, Esha Galdo, Virgilio Rama, Martin Measuring Districts' Monthly Economic Activity from Outer Space
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description	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 Radiometer Suite nightlight and rural population. The paper demonstrates that this new method can shed light on recent episodes in South Asia: first, the 2015 earthquake in Nepal; second, demonetization in India; and, third, violent conflict outbreaks in Afghanistan.
format	Working Paper
author	Beyer, Robert C. M. Chhabra, Esha Galdo, Virgilio Rama, Martin
author_facet	Beyer, Robert C. M. Chhabra, Esha Galdo, Virgilio Rama, Martin
author_sort	Beyer, Robert C. M.
title	Measuring Districts' Monthly Economic Activity from Outer Space
title_short	Measuring Districts' Monthly Economic Activity from Outer Space
title_full	Measuring Districts' Monthly Economic Activity from Outer Space
title_fullStr	Measuring Districts' Monthly Economic Activity from Outer Space
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring Districts' Monthly Economic Activity from Outer Space
title_sort	measuring districts' monthly economic activity from outer space
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/835491531401292135/Measuring-districts-monthly-economic-activity-from-outer-space http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29996
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Measuring Districts' Monthly Economic Activity from Outer Space

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