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Brechas de género en las encuestas de capacidades financieras de CAF: Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-03-08)La educación financiera permite que las personas, familias y mipymes estén más informadas y adquieran una mayor comprensión de los temas económicos y financieros; les proporciona facultades para discernir y tomar una ... -
Bureaucratic turnover across levels of government
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-11-19)The incidence of patronage can vary widely across levels of gov ernment within a country. We show this in the context of Brazil, which has been the focus of most recent research on patronage. In particular, we find that ... -
Clean Energy Innovation in Latin America
(Interamerican Dialogue; CAF; Washington D.C., 2016-03-01)Clean energy research and commercialization have taken off over the last decade. The annual number of clean technology patent documents more than tripled between 2000 and 2014,while venture capital (VC) investment in the ... -
Determinants of Slum Formation: The Role of Local Politics and Policies
(CAF; Caracas, 2018-01)One-third of the developing world’s population lives in urban slums and the absolute number of slum residents grew from 650 million in 1990 to 863 million in 2012. Although negative impacts of slum living conditions on ... -
Development effects of electrification: evidence from the geologic placement of hydropower plants in Brazil
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)We estimate the development effects of electrification across Brazil over the period 1960-2000. Brazil relies almost exclusively on hydropower, which requires intercepting water at high velocity. We build an engineering ... -
Drug battles and school achievement: evidence from Rio de Janeiro's favelas
(CAF; Caracas, 2013)This paper examines the effects of armed conflicts between drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro's favelas on student achievement. To identify the causal effect of violence on education, we explore variation in violence that occurs ... -
The Effect of Schooling on Skills and Knowledge in Latin America. Evidence from PISA
(CAF, 2015-09-30)In this paper we estimate the causal effect of an extra year of schooling on mathematics skills and knowledge for the eight Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay) ... -
Estados ágeis na América Latina: a coordenação dentro do setor público como fator chave das estratégias de melhoria regulatória e o caso do Brasil
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-03-02)A reforma regulatória é uma mudança estrutural que precisa da geração de consensos e da liderança estratégica a partir do centro do governo. O Brasil é um bom exemplo da relevância da coordenação para uma mudança regulatória ... -
Exploring the Potential of Machine Learning for Automatic Slum Identification from VHE Imagery
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2016-11-23)Slum identification in urban settlements is a crucial step in the process of formulation of propoor policies. However, the use of conventional methods for slums detection such as field surveys may result time consuming and ... -
Financial Frictions, Occupational Choice and Economic Inequality
(CAF; Caracas, 2012-12-10)We develop a quantitative theory of entrepreneurship, income inequality, and financial frictions disciplined with household data from Brazil. The theory extends Lucas (1978) by modeling heterogeneity in two skills: -working ... -
Financiamiento climático a través de fondos verdes
(Caracas, 2021-11-05)CAF se encuentra acreditada ante los principales Fondos Verdes para el financiamiento, apoyando así a sus países miembros en la implementación de proyectos e iniciativas que contribuyen al cumplimiento de sus compromisos ... -
Gobernar las ciudades: el rol de los centros de gobierno y las unidades de cumplimiento (delivery units)
(CAF; Caracas, 2019-10-17)Las ciudades tienen un protagonismo creciente en el desarrollo de los países, y por lo tanto los gobiernos locales han expandido sus responsabilidades y esferas de actuación. En los niveles nacionales de gobierno, los ... -
Governar a Cidade na Era dos Dados: Delivery Units 2.0
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-02-17)Os dados são um elemento fundamental para a gestão das cidades, mas a geração de valor público a partir de seu uso passa por uma adequada governança e pela conformação de unidades que possibilitem tanto sua análise quanto ... -
Government performance, taxation and citizen participation: evidence from Brazil
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)Fiscal contract theories of the state hypothesize that government performance affects tax collection and that institutions that foster representation and accountability link taxes and services. These propositions have yet ... -
Government transparency and political clientelism: Evidence from randomized anti-corruption audits in Brazil
(CAF; Caracas, 2019-01-31)Political clientelism is considered a fundamental reason why politicians are not accountable and responsive to their constituencies. In this working paper, we study whether transparency initiatives – more specifically, ... -
Govtech e o futuro do governo: o caso da Gove no Brasil
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-07-06)Este estudo apresenta a experiência de criação e implementação da Gove, plataforma de decisão para e ciência de governos criada em 2016 para municípios brasileiros de diferentes portes. O estudo de caso, desenvolvido ... -
Govtech y el futuro del gobierno: el ecosistema govtech en Brasil. Nuevas tecnologías y nuevas alianzas público-privadas para mejorar los servicios públicos
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-05-27)El ecosistema govtech en Brasil está en pleno desarrollo y proceso de madurez y debe solventar desafíos a nivel de contrataciones para potenciar su expansión y consolidación. Las recomendaciones apuntan a contar con ... -
Govtechs e o futuro do governo: o ecossistema govtech no Brasil Novas tecnologias e novas parcerias público-privadas para melhorar os serviços públicos
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-06-03)O ecossistema govtech no Brasil está em pleno desenvolvimento e em processo de amadurecimento, mas deve enfrentar os desafios relacionados com as contratações públicas a m de potencializar a sua expansão e consolidação. ... -
Income Segregation and Urban Spatial Structure: Evidence from Brazil
(CAF; Caracas, 2016-08-05)We estimate the effect of urban spatial structure on income segregation in Brazilian cities between 2000 and 2010. Our results show that, first, local density conditions increase income segregation: the effect is higher ... -
Innovación en energía limpia en América Latina
(Diálogo Interamericano; CAF; Washington D.C., 2016-03-01)La investigación y comercialización de energías limpias se ha incrementado rápidamente durante la última década. La cantidad anual de patentes en tecnología limpia se ha más que triplicado entre el 2000 y el 2014, mientras ...
