01711cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF015939 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513514567 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Debbich, Majdi. Assessing Oil and Non-Oil GDP Growth from Space : An Application to Yemen 2012-17 / Majdi Debbich. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (34 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper uses an untapped source of satellite-recorded nightlights and gas flaring data to characterize the contraction of economic activity in Yemen throughout the ongoing conflict that erupted in 2015. Using estimated nightlights elasticities on a sample of 72 countries for real GDP and 28 countries for oil GDP over 6 years, I derive oil and non-oil GDP growth for Yemen. I show that real GDP contracted by a cumulative 24 percent over 2015-17 against 50 percent according to official figures. I also find that the impact of the conflict has been geographically uneven with economic activity contracting more in some governorates than in others. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/221 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/221/001.2019.issue-221-en.xml IMF e-Library