Spanish Abstract: Este documento busca indagar cuáles son las causas que conducen a que una ciudad como Barrancabermeja, que cuenta con ingresos representativos producto de la extracción petrolera, no posea aun una prestación del servicio de acueducto continua y de calidad. Se presume que...

La pandemia actual -COVID19- ha llevado a muchos gobiernos a tomar medidas drásticas en respuesta a la crisis de salud global. Las medidas de bloqueo como respuesta a la crisis han frenado aún más las actividades económicas a nivel mundial. En este contexto destaca la importancia del...

The COVID-19, by putting pressure on different edges of social structure, is emphatically showing, at the municipal level, economic distribution inequalities as well as health infrastructure precariousness. This poor distribution of resources amplifies the vulnerability of municipalities to this...

This paper presents the results of a quasi-experimental study using information collected through a survey conducted in peri-urban areas of Metropolitan Lima between October and November 2021. The survey was applied to households residing close to and on both sides of the geographic boundary of...

The COVID-19, by putting pressure on different edges of social structure, is emphatically showing, at the municipal level, economic distribution inequalities as well as health infrastructure precariousness. This poor distribution of resources amplifies the vulnerability of municipalities to this...

This study examines the impact on human mobility of the national social distancing policies implemented in 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries in March 2020. To do so, it uses georeferenced data from cellular phones and variation between countries with regard to whether these measures were...

This paper presents the results of a quasi-experimental study using information collected through a survey conducted in peri-urban areas of Metropolitan Lima between October and November 2021. The survey was applied to households residing close to and on both sides of the geographic boundary of...

This document analyzes inflation, exchange rate, interest rate, and GDP growth forecasts from the monthly Survey of Specialists in Economics from the Private Sector, maintained by Banco de M'exico. The study concentrates on the mean across forecasters for the period from January 1995 to April...