This note provides a deep dive into the quality of nighttime lights (NTL) data for Pacific Island Countries (PICs). It explores their potential to generate and complement regional socio-economic statistics. NTL data has been widely used as a proxy of economic activity. It has been used to both disaggregate estimates of national economic output and predict economic growth. Although applying the first use case in PICs is technically feasible, validation...
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2023/04/19
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AUS0003299
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2023/05/12
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Pacific Islands - Pacific Observatory : Monitoring Economic Activity by Nighttime Light Data - Nighttime Lights : Application for the Pacific
Citation
Chamorro Elizondo,Andres Fernando; Ben Stewart; Andree,Bo Pieter Johannes.
Pacific Islands - Pacific Observatory : Monitoring Economic Activity by Nighttime Light Data - Nighttime Lights : Application for the Pacific (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099041923022116609