Listar 06. Documentos de trabajo por título
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Transporte de carga y transporte interurbano de pasajeros en América Latina y el Caribe
(CAF; Caracas, 2023-10-01)El sector del transporte se encuentra en el centro de las economías de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), pero también es responsable del 34% de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en la región (World Resources ... -
Tres preguntas sobre el uso de los datos para luchar contra la corrupción
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-04-15)Este documento discute tres interrogantes generalizados entre decisores de política pública sobre el uso que puede dársele a los datos, a la ciencia de datos y a las nuevas tecnologías para luchar contra la corrupción: ... -
Tripping at the Finish Line Experimental Evidence on the Road of Misperceptions on Secondary School Completion
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-06-14)In Argentina, more than 90 percent of teenagers are enrolled in upper secondary school, but only 50 percent graduate on time. I conducted a field experiment in Salta, Argentina, to test if lack of information about how ... -
Un análisis de la criminalidad urbana en Colombia
(CAF, 2015-01)Este trabajo hace una descripción detallada de las principales cifras de criminalidad de Bogotá, Medellín, Cali y Barranquilla – que abarcan el 30% de la población de Colombia – utilizando los datos de la Policía Nacional ... -
Un Sistema Público de Bicicletas para Lima: Distritos de Mirafl ores, San Borja y San Isidro (Resumen Ejecutivo)
(CAF; Fundación Ciudad Humana; Lima, 2016-06)Este documento es la síntesis del estudio “Estructuración de un Sistema Público de Bicicletas para Lima (Distritos de Miraflores, San Borja y San Isidro)”, financiado por CAF, el cual define la inserción de un sistema de ... -
Understanding the Math Gender Gap in Latin American Countries
(CAF, 2015-12)This paper documents that the math gender gap in Latin America is larger than in other developing or developed countries and that such gap do not decrease after controlling for individual, family and school characteristics. ... -
Untapped Opportunities in Global Value Chains: the Case of ADD Countries
(2024-04-22)This paper offers a comprehensive framework for identifying and prioritizing opportunities for export diversification and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) attraction in the Alliance for Democratic Development (ADD) countries. ... -
Urban Resilience - Climate change vulnerability and adaptability index
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-11-08)Cities in Latin America have been hit hardest by climate-associated disasters. With 25% of the urban population living in vulnerable, precarious settlements, the cities of the region face great challenges and, at the same ... -
Urban Transit Infrastructure: Spatial Mismatch and Labor Market Power
(2022-09)Does transit infrastructure reduce labor market power? This paper estimates the effects of a large subway expansion on local labor market outcomes in Santiago, Chile. Using a linked employer-employee dataset with spatial ... -
Uso responsable de la inteligencia artificial en el sector público
(Claudia Flores, Nathalie Gerbasi, María Isabel Mejiía, Martha Rodríguez y Antonio Silveira; Caracas, 2022)La IA es una tecnología poderosa, con enorme potencial para lograr Estados más eficaces y eficientes. Para avanzar en esta dirección, es necesario que el sector público preste atención especial a aspectos como la privacidad, ... -
Uso responsable de la inteligencia artificial en el sector público
(CAF; Caracas, 2020-07-20)Esta nota presenta los principales hallazgos del estudio comisionado por CAF sobre las Políticas para el uso responsable de la inteligencia artificial en el sector público, elaborado por Javier Torres Páez, el cual ... -
Valuation of Public Amenities and Differences in Quality of Life among Latin American Cities
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2016-11)We use a life satisfaction approach for the valuation of public goods and amenities in Latin American cities. We apply a homogenous database of seventeen cities gathered by the Development Bank of Latin America CAF. Using ... -
Value Chains for the Energy Transition Opportunities for Latin America in a Changing Landscape
(2024-04-24)This paper proposes a comprehensive framework for identifying and analyzing opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to integrate into global clean value chains (CVCs). The analysis finds that opportunities ... -
La violencia de género en América Latina: diagnóstico, determinantes y opciones de política
(Caracas, 2018-01-24)En los últimos años, se ha generado una demanda desde la sociedad civil y los gobiernos de América Latina para identificar los determinantes y las opciones de políticas que permitan reducir la violencia contra la mujer. ... -
Waits and Delays in Road Freight Transport
(CAF; Caracas, 2021-05-06)This paper studies waits and delays in the trucking industry of a developing country: Colombia. We follow 186,000 longhaul trips over 926 routes between 2015 and 2019, using GPS devices located in trucks. We find that ... -
Wealth in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-05-16)This paper presents harmonized indicators for household wealth, its components, and its determinants (including intergenerational mobility) in four Latin American countries (Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay), using Spain ... -
What a difference a full day makes: Evidence from new schools in Fortaleza
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-03-18)Although longer school days are in increasing supply, a lack of consensus about their effectiveness persists. Motivated by this gap, this paper studies the effect of enrolling in a new set of full-time secondary schools ... -
What do non-renewable natural resource rich countries do with their rents?
(CAF; Caracas, 2011)This paper examines three sets of questions related to the use of non-renewable natural resource rents: (1) To what extent countries rich in non-renewable natural resources use such rents to increase present consumption ... -
What explains output recoveries in developing and emerging market economies after the global financial crisis?
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2017-09-26)This paper presents a systematic assessment of the macroeconomic factors associated with differences in GDP dynamics in emerging markets in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. We implement a Bayesian Model ... -
What is the Role of Urban Growth on Inequality, and Segregation? The Case of Urban Argentina´s Urban Agglomerations
(CAF; Buenos Aires, 2016-11)We analyze the relationship between urban sprawl and changing patterns of inequality and segregation in metropolitan areas of Argentina. The existing literature has endeavored to study the determinants of the expansion of ...
