Diether Beuermann
Biographic Data
| ID | 6448540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diether Beuermann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diether |
| FAMILY NAME | Beuermann |
| SIGNATURE | BEUERMANN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Inter-American Development Bank |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5411-2062 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Shooting a moving target
A key challenge for policymakers in low- and middle-income countries is to design a method to select beneficiaries of social programs when income is unobservable and volatile. We use a unique panel dataset of a random sample of households in Colombia’s social registry that contains information before, during, and after the 2020 economic crisis to evaluate a traditional static proxy-means test (PMT) and three policy-relevant alternatives. We consi…
The impact of soft-skills training for entrepreneurs in Jamaica
The effects of weather shocks on early childhood development
Information and Communication Technologies, Prenatal Care Services, and Neonatal Health
Nurturing Institutions for a Resilient Caribbean
The book explores the historical development and status of political and economic institutions in The Caribbean. The Caribbean institutional reality is studied vis-à-vis best international practices. The main objective is identifying positive aspects and institutional areas in need of improvement that could facilitate a sustainable development path in The Caribbean
Do children benefit from internet access? Experimental evidence from Peru
The Pedagogy of Science and Environment
In today's knowledge-based societies, understanding basic scientific concepts and the capacity to structure and solve scientific questions is more critical than ever. Accordingly, in this article we test an innovative methodology for teaching science and environment in public primary schools where traditional (teacher-centred) teaching was replaced with student-centred activities using LEGO kits. We document positive and significant improvements …
Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Rural Peru
We estimate the effects of mobile phone coverage on different measures of economic development. We exploit the timing of mobile coverage at the village level merging it with a village-level panel dataset for rural Peru. The main findings suggest that mobile phone expansion has increased household real consumption by 11 per cent, reduced poverty incidence by 8 percentage points and decreased extreme poverty by 5.4 percentage points. Moreover, thos…
Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Rural Peru
We estimate the effects of mobile phone coverage on different measures of economic development. We exploit the timing of mobile coverage at the village level merging it with a village-level panel dataset for rural Peru. The main findings suggest that mobile phone expansion has increased household real consumption by 11 per cent, reduced poverty incidence by 8 percentage points and decreased extreme poverty by 5.4 percentage points. Moreover, thos…
The Pedagogy of Science and Environment
In today's knowledge-based societies, understanding basic scientific concepts and the capacity to structure and solve scientific questions is more critical than ever. Accordingly, in this article we test an innovative methodology for teaching science and environment in public primary schools where traditional (teacher-centred) teaching was replaced with student-centred activities using LEGO kits. We document positive and significant improvements …
Nurturing Institutions for a Resilient Caribbean
The book explores the historical development and status of political and economic institutions in The Caribbean. The Caribbean institutional reality is studied vis-à-vis best international practices. The main objective is identifying positive aspects and institutional areas in need of improvement that could facilitate a sustainable development path in The Caribbean
Do children benefit from internet access? Experimental evidence from Peru
Information and Communication Technologies, Prenatal Care Services, and Neonatal Health
The effects of weather shocks on early childhood development
The impact of soft-skills training for entrepreneurs in Jamaica
Shooting a moving target
A key challenge for policymakers in low- and middle-income countries is to design a method to select beneficiaries of social programs when income is unobservable and volatile. We use a unique panel dataset of a random sample of households in Colombia’s social registry that contains information before, during, and after the 2020 economic crisis to evaluate a traditional static proxy-means test (PMT) and three policy-relevant alternatives. We consi…
Computer Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · ICT Impact and Policies (2 works) · Medical education (2 works)