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I am a doctoral student in Economics at Rosario´s University in Colombia. Nowadays, my research interests are focused on Financial Inclusion. This is motivated by the relevance of the understanding on how economic growth is explained by different factors across Latin America and in Colombia, particularly. Furthermore, I am researching about unofficial business: Definitions, characteristics and effects on the development in Bogotá.
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January 2018 - December 2018
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Policymakers face the challenge of delivering business training programs that are high-quality, scalable, and cost-effective. This paper examines the impact of Exper-tienda, a free, smartphone-based business training application designed for Colom-bian microentrepreneurs. Using a randomised controlled trial (RCT) and leveraging local promoters from...
Financial inclusion is known to be relevant for improving the growth perspectives of microbusinesses. This research has three aims. First, to explore how adopting business practices can impact the usage of financial products and services of these firms. Second, to determine if higher levels of microbusinesses’ formalization mediate the impact. Thir...
Las tiendas de barrio, entendidas como microestablecimientos comerciales que no hacen parte de cadenas o franquicias, son uno de los elementos culturales y económicos centrales de los barrios tradicionales en gran parte del mundo. Este libro analiza su existencia y su relevancia bajo diferentes miradas para comprender el papel de la informalidad en...
Las tiendas de barrio, entendidas como microestablecimientos comerciales que no hacen parte de cadenas o franquicias, son uno de los elementos culturales y económicos centrales de los barrios tradicionales en gran parte del mundo. Este libro analiza su existencia y su relevancia bajo diferentes miradas para comprender el papel de la informalidad en...
Financial Inclusion plays an important role in terms of economic growth and poverty reduction owing to inequality, therefore, it is a key aspect of public policy in many governments. This study explores those variables that influence financial inclusion in some Latin American countries, through the use of the panel data econometric technique, based...
p>En este trabajo, mediante la metodología exploratoria (revisión de fuentes secundarias), se busca mostrar cómo le ha ido a Colombia en términos de inclusión financiera [IF]. Para ello se describen algunas metodologías para medir la IF, como lo son el GLOBAL FINDEX, la AFI y la Asociación Latinoamericana de Instituciones Financieras para el Desarr...
Un tema que ha sido ampliamente debatido en la literatura económica es el relacionado con la independencia del Banco Central. Se cree que un Banco Central, política y económicamente independiente, favorece las tasas de inflación relativamente bajas y estables. El artículo analiza el procedimiento que debería aplicarse para medir el grado de autonom...
