Holdings: 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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Main Authors:	Bundervoet, Tom, Maiyo, Laban, Sanghi, Apurva
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

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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

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

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