In this paper we try to explain the academic performance of a sample of children starting their first year at public schools in 1999 in Montevideo, Uruguay. We are mainly interested in the effect of pre-school education on the children’s academic results. We found fairly strong empirical...

An analysis of schoolchildren’s outcomes for the cohort that did their first year in public schools in Montevideo in 1999 shows that one of the main problems is that a low proportion of children completed the six-year primary school cycle on schedule because so many had a high repetition rate....

This paper studies the relationship between social-political and judicial factors and private investment in Latin America during 1995-2003 by means of panel data analysis. The empirical evidence suggests that investment rate differentials, not only among Latin American countries but also with...

This paper analyzes the impact of MapaRegalías on efficiency in the execution of public investment projects in Colombia. MapaRegalías is an online platform that displays geo-referenced information and data on royalties coming from the extractives sector. The purpose of the platform is to...

Clive Sinclair is the archetype of a self-made man thanks to an entrepreneur spirit and his know-how in an emerging consumer electronics industry. Gifted as inventor, he always pursued cheaper and smaller radios, hi-fi devices, calculators, TVs, home computers --where he got his better...

Los campos de gas en La Guajira suministran cerca del 66% del gas de Colombia, lo que refleja la importancia de éstos para atender las necesidades energéticas del país. Sin embargo, a nivel regional, el impacto de esta actividad sobre el desarrollo y el crecimiento económico ha sido limitado...

Spanish Abstract: La política energética alemana ha sido, sin duda, un referente a nivel mundial enlo relativo a energías renovables. Con la implementación de la Ley de energías renovables (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz) en 2000, el 36% del consumo bruto de electricidad en 2018 provino de...

Spanish Abstract: Este paper presenta la reglamentación relacionada con Fuentes de Energía noConvencionales, Recursos Energéticos Distribuidos y almacenamiento de energía eléctrica en Colombia. La Ley 1715 de 2014 es la gran impulsora del desarrollo de las tendencias que hoy observamos en...