Information technologies and economic development in Latin America /

'Information Technologies in Latin America' provides a collection of rigorous empirical studies that contributes to a better understanding of the role and impact of old and new information technologies on Latin American economic development through the use of randomized and quasi-experimen...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chong, Alberto (Editor ), Yáñez-Pagans, Mónica (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Anthem Press, [2020]
Temas:
Economic development > Latin America > Data processing.
Développement économique > Amérique latine > Informatique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
Economic development > Data processing
Latin America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Half-title
  • Title page
  • Copyright information
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Editors
  • List of Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapters 1-9
  • Chapter 1 Information Technologies in Latin America
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Good Research Design Is Important and Feasible
  • 1.3 Interventions Considered
  • 1.4 Information May Not Be Enough
  • 1.5 What Is the Common Thread?
  • 1.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 2 The Impact of ICT in Health Promotion: A Randomized Experiment with Diabetic Patients
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Background
  • 2.3 Methodology
  • 2.3.1 Design overview
  • 2.3.2 Recruitment and participants
  • 2.3.3 The intervention
  • 2.3.4 Program evaluation
  • 2.4 Results
  • 2.4.1 Participation in the Diabetes 2.0 intervention
  • 2.4.2 Evaluation of the impact of Diabetes 2.0
  • 2.4.2.1 Impact on knowledge
  • 2.4.2.2 Impact on empowerment and behavior
  • 2.4.2.3 Impact on outcomes
  • 2.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 3 The Impact of ICT on Adolescents' Perceptions and Consumption of Substances: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Uruguay
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Background
  • 3.3 Methods
  • 3.3.1 The intervention
  • 3.3.2 Levels of participation
  • 3.4 Results
  • 3.4.1 What is a drug?
  • 3.4.2 Consumption
  • 3.5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Text Messages as Social Policy Instrument: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial with Internal Refugees in Colombia
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Experimental Design
  • 4.2.1 Implementation
  • 4.2.2 Sample issues and threats to inference
  • 4.2.2.1 Selection
  • 4.2.2.2 Attrition
  • 4.3 Results
  • 4.3.1 Heterogeneous effects
  • 4.4 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5 Radio and Video as a Means for Financial Education in Rural Households in Peru
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Review of the Literature
  • 5.3 Operational Model of Microfinance Institution: The Case of Arariwa
  • 5.4 Design
  • 5.5 Findings
  • 5.6 Impact of the Program on Those That the Program Intended to Treat
  • 5.7 Summary and Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 6 Digital Labor-Market Intermediation and Subjective Job Expectations
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Background Discussion on the Public Intermediation System in Peru
  • 6.3 Experimental Design and Treatments
  • 6.4 Baseline Data
  • 6.5 Empirical Framework and Results
  • 6.5.1 Subjective expectations
  • 6.5.2 Heterogeneous analysis
  • 6.5.3 Employment
  • 6.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 7 From Cow Sellers to Beef Exporters: The Impact of Traceability on Cattle Farmers
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 TRAZ. AR Program
  • 7.3 The Argentine Livestock Sector
  • 7.4 Methodology
  • 7.4.1 Data collection
  • 7.4.2 Balance checks
  • 7.5 Results
  • 7.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 8 The Labor Market Return to ICT Skills: A Field Experiment
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 The Literature

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