Global gdp prediction with nightlights and transfer learning

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• who: VIIRS. and collaborators from the GDP predictions comparable to that of NSO GDP figures, nightlight GDP figures could be used for GDP nowcasting and as an affordable alternative to surveys for developing countriesHowever, nightlights are a poor proxy for economic activity in rural areas, [5] and, in particular, they underestimate the productivity of unlit areas [6] which are notably common in many developing nations with large numbers of subsistence farmers [7]. Recognizing that the relationship between nightlights and economic activity is non-linear and is conditioned upon geographic factors, it is sensible to adopt a non . . .
  

   

  

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