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Mecanismo para a Integração das Energias Renováveis Intermitentes: Armazenamento
(CAF, 2017)
Os combustíveis fósseis possuem duas características importantes, além de serem fontes de alta concentração energética: eles podem ser armazenados até o momento em que seu uso for necessário, e podem ser transportados para ...
Integração das Fontes Renováveis Intermitentes na América Latina
(CAF, 2017)
Em vários países, a política energética é crescentemente conduzida para incrementar a participação de fontes renováveis de energia na geração de eletricidade, em função da necessidade de aumentar a segurança do abastecimento, ...
Effect of Socio-Economic Stratification on House Value in Bogotá
(CAF, 2016-12-24)
This paper investigates the impact of urban fiscal policies on housing value. We use a focalization system in Bogotá where certain subsidies and taxes are targeted based on a classification of houses according to external ...
High-skilled workers´ segregation and productivity in Latin American cities
(CAF, 2016-12)
The aim of this work is to study the relationship between high-skilled workers’ segregation and productivity in Latin American cities. This relationship is not clear at first sight. On the one hand high-skilled workers’ ...
Exploring the Potential of Machine Learning for Automatic Slum Identification from VHE Imagery
(CAF, 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 ...
Encuestas de movilidad, oportunidades, dilemas técnicos, institucionales y de política pública. El caso de la encuesta de movilidad del área metropolitana de Montevideo
(CAF, 2016-11-11)
Las encuestas de movilidad juegan un rol central para la planificación de los sistemas de movilidad urbana. Tienen por tanto una incidencia significativa en una de las políticas urbanas con mayor trascendencia en la vida ...
Valuation of Public Amenities and Differences in Quality of Life among Latin American Cities
(CAF, 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 ...
Moving Citizens and Deterring Criminals: Innovation in Public Transport Facilities
(CAF, 2016-11)
This paper explores the relationship between urban public transportation innovation and crime. In 2004, the city of Medellin in Colombia developed an innovative public transportation system based on cable cars (Metrocable) ...
What is the Role of Urban Growth on Inequality, and Segregation? The Case of Urban Argentina´s Urban Agglomerations
(CAF, 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 ...
City Size, Distance and Formal Employment Creation
(CAF, 2016-10-09)
Cities thrive through the diversity of their occupants because the availability of complementary skills enables firms in the formal sector to grow, delivering increasingly sophisticated products and services. The appearance ...