Microlevel structural poverty estimates for southern and eastern Africa

E Tennant, Y Ru, P Sheng, DS Matteson… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
For many countries in the Global South traditional poverty estimates are available only
infrequently and at coarse spatial resolutions, if at all. This limits decision-makers' and …

Small area estimation of poverty and wealth using geospatial data: What have we learned so far?

D Newhouse - Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article offers a non-technical review of selected applications that combine survey and
geospatial data to generate small area estimates of wealth or poverty. Publicly available …

How accurate is a poverty map based on remote sensing data? An application to Malawi

R Van Der Weide, B Blankespoor, C Elbers… - Journal of Development …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the reliability of poverty maps derived from off-the-shelf remote-sensing
data. Employing data for Malawi, it first obtains small area estimates of poverty by combining …

[PDF][PDF] Scaling Up Social Assistance Where Data is Scarce-Opportunities and Limits of Novel Data and AI

Y Okamura, T Ohlenburg… - … Papers and Notes, 2024 - documents.worldbank.org
During the recent Covid-19 shock (2020/21), most countries used cash transfers to protect
the livelihoods of those affected by the pandemic or by restrictions on mobility or economic …