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Integrating Early-life Shocks and Human Capital Investments on Children´s Education
(CAF, 2016-10-04)
This study investigates how early-life conditions interact with subsequent human capital investments to influence future educational outcomes. To provide causal evidence, we exploit two sources of exogenous variation: i) ...
Improving the education and health of the poor: decentralization and policy reform in Colombia
(CAF, 2009)
A central claim in favor of decentralization is that it will improve access to public services, but few studies examine this question empirically. This paper, the policyoriented companion to Faguet and Sánchez (2009), ...
Decentralization and Access to Social Services in Colombia
(CAF, 2009)
A central claim in favor of decentralization is that it will improve access to public services, but few studies examine this question empirically. This paper explores the effects of decentralization to access to health and ...
Job training, selection and self discovery
(CAF, 2013)
We randomly assign 1250 unemployed men and women to be invited once or twice to a specific-skills training program offered by a large multinational firm as part of its social responsibility efforts. Individuals with the ...
Tripping at the Finish Line Experimental Evidence on the Road of Misperceptions on Secondary School Completion
(CAF, 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 ...
Retos de la política social en América Latina y el Caribe: análisis y políticas
(CAF-Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, 2023-09)
El reporte bandera de CAF, RED 2022:
Desigualdades heredadas, muestra que en las
sociedades latinoamericanas y caribeñas hay una fuerte conexión entre la alta desigualdad y la baja movilidad social. Diversos mecanismos ...
Relaciones América Latina y el Caribe–Unión Europea: fortaleciendo una alianza estratégica (Resumen Ejecutivo)
(CAF- banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, 2023-09)
En el tejido complejo de las relaciones internacionales, América Latina y el Caribe y la Unión Europea han mantenido un vínculo histórico que se ha nutrido de lazos culturales, económicos y políticos a lo largo de los ...
Relaciones América Latina y el Caribe–Unión Europea: fortaleciendo una alianza estratégica (folleto)
(2023-09)
El 17 de julio de 2023 la Unión Europea (UE) y La Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) tomaron la decisión de seguir construyendo una relación estratégica entre las dos regiones. La reunión de los jefes ...