Development Research at High Geographic Resolution : An Analysis of Night Lights, Firms, and Poverty in India Using the SHRUG Open Data Platform

Development Research at High Geographic Resolution : An Analysis of Night Lights, Firms, and Poverty in India Using the SHRUG Open Data Platform

The SHRUG is an open data platform describing multidimensional socioeconomic development across 600,000 villages and towns in India. This paper presents three illustrative analyses only possible with high-resolution data. First, it confirms that ni...

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Main Authors: Asher, Sam, Lunt, Tobias, Matsuura, Ryu, Novosad, Paul
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
NIGHTTIME LIGHT INTENSITY
POVERTY
ELECTRIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT
MANUFACTURING
RURAL POVERTY
LIVING STANDARDS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/596871612888394869/Development-Research-at-High-Geographic-Resolution-An-Analysis-of-Night-Lights-Firms-and-Poverty-in-India-Using-the-SHRUG-Open-Data-Platform
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35132

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/596871612888394869/Development-Research-at-High-Geographic-Resolution-An-Analysis-of-Night-Lights-Firms-and-Poverty-in-India-Using-the-SHRUG-Open-Data-Platform
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35132

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