Economic and poverty indicators collected via surveys can have long lag times before they are available for policy consumption. In developing and least developed countries, these surveys are also sparsely conducted. Studies have shown that nighttime light (NTL) data might be usable as a proxy for certain economic indicators. NTL is available daily, and is obtainable at a very low cost.
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