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Training or technical assistance? A field experiment to learn what works to increase managerial capital for female microentrepeneurs
(CAF, 2011)
This study evaluates the impacts of a business training program serving female microentrepreneurs in Lima that have previously benefited with the titling of their urban parcels. The intervention included personal development, ...
Estructura tributaria y evasión impositiva en América Latina
(CAF, 2011)
Este informe estudia la evolución y las características del nivel y la estructura de la carga tributaria promedio en la región a través de los últimos veinte años, buscando identificar las diferencias relevantes entre ...
Tax structure in Latin America: its impact on the real economy and compliance
(CAF, 2011)
In this paper we review the structure of tax systems in Latin America and analyze their impact on the real economy-- economic growth, macro-economic stability, income redistribution and foreign direct investment--, and on ...
The economics of tax evasion
(CAF, 2011)
This paper begins by reviewing the problem of tax evasion measurement. Based on available data, I conclude that this problem is far from being negligible, both for developed and developing countries. I also present in more ...
Working mothers and intergenerational mobility: evidence from sibling schooling gaps in Venezuela
(CAF, 2011)
This paper documents the change in intergenerational mobility over the 35 year period between 1975 and 2010 in Venezuela and finds that equality of opportunities increased significantly from the mid 1970's until around ...
The political economy of budgeting in Latin America procedures, oversight, and participation
(CAF, 2011)
This report provides a selective overview of issues pertaining to the budgetary process and a mapping out of budgetary institutions in Latin America and assesses to what extent budgets play the role societies expect from ...
Government performance, taxation and citizen participation: evidence from Brazil
(CAF, 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 ...
Development effects of electrification: evidence from the geologic placement of hydropower plants in Brazil
(CAF, 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 ...
El tamaño del estado y su impacto redistributivo en América Latina
(CAF, 2011)
Este ensayo analiza la evolución del gasto público en América Latina a lo largo de las dos últimas décadas, y ofrece como referencia una perspectiva de más larga duración cuando la disponibilidad de estadísticas lo permite. ...
What do non-renewable natural resource rich countries do with their rents?
(CAF, 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 ...