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Policy Research Working Paper Series Publication roundup for the weeks of February 1 and 8
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This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group that were published in the World Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper Series. This entry introduces seven papers published during the weeks of February 1 and 8 on various topics, including the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the use of a new data source (such as nighttime data), and the measurement of poverty. Here are the highlights of select findings.
Satellite imagery data have become widely adopted in economic research.
In this week’s entry, we introduce two papers exploring the potential of nighttime light data as alternative proxies for measuring economic activity. A paper by ....

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