Living in darkness: rural poverty in Venezuela

ABSTRACTThis paper uses nighttime lights imagery and gridded population datasets to estimate 2000–2020 rural poverty rates for Venezuela at the state and municipality levels. Then, I examine if there has been a significant change in rural poverty during the economic collapse ongoing since 2013–2014....

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Main Author: Leonardo Maldonado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:Journal of Applied Economics
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15140326.2023.2168464