Measuring Development and Welfare: The Use of Night-lights to Evaluate Programs and Formulate Policy

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dc.contributor.authorCamacho, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorMedellín, María José
dc.coverage.spatialAmérica Latina y el Caribees_ES
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-28T05:37:38Z
dc.date.available2026-07-28T05:37:38Z
dc.date.issued2026-07-28
dc.description.tableofcontentsThis document explores the use of high-resolution nighttime satellite imagery as a tool to measure economic development and evaluate the impacts of public interventions, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This is an efficient and alternative evaluation tool when there are no available traditional data sources such as household surveys and censuses in terms of coverage, frequency, accessibility, and representativeness to test results. Nighttime lights data emerge as a complementary and uniform source of information, capable of providing real-time and frequent, spatially detailed insights into human activity and economic outcomes, which is valuable for both academic research and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) evaluations.es_ES
dc.identifier.citationCamacho, A., & Medellín, M. J. (2026, July 28). Measuring Development and Welfare: The Use of Night-lights to Evaluate Programs and Formulate Policy. Retrieved from https://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/2700en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/2700
dc.language.isoenes_ES
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-NDes_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/es_ES
dc.subjectInnovaciónes_ES
dc.subjectInvestigación socioeconómica
dc.subjectDesarrollo
dc.subjectEconomía
dc.subjectBases de datos
dc.subjectEvaluación de impacto
dc.titleMeasuring Development and Welfare: The Use of Night-lights to Evaluate Programs and Formulate Policyes_ES
dc.typeworkingPaperes_ES

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