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Poverty mapping in Uganda using socio-economic, environmental and satellite data.
Data Analytics
Poverty
Description
In this analysis, we explained to what extent satellite data (as a proxy for environmental conditions) are correlated with household survey data. Whilst correlation abviously does not automatically imply causation, we suggest an evironmental approach is more likely to reveal causes than will the traditioal approach of small area mapping using cesus and survey data. However, it is first necessary to establish the relative predictive accuracies of the traditional and environmental approaches.