Eyes in the sky help track rural electrification

With electricity, children can study at night, women can walk home more safely on well-lit streets, and businesses can stay open well past dusk.
However, Governments and electric utilities around the world are mobilizing vast sums of money to close the access gap, especially in rural areas that are home to those lacking electricity.
So, how can we determine and identify who has electricity and who doesn’t? What if we had the technology and tools to help us see lights from space every night, for every village, in every country? We could then closely monitor progress on the ground. We could even plan and optimize policies and interventions in a different manner.