Estudios y base de datos sobre asistencia para el desarrollo

Dos estudios sobre la asistencia oficial al desarrollo, y una base de datos de donantes en América Latina y el Caribe:

MITO Y REALIDAD DE LA AYUDA EXTERNA
América Latina al 2009

http://www.alop.or.cr/novedades/verDatosItem.phtml?pos=0

Coherence of Development Policies:
Ecuador’s Economic Ties with Spain
and their Development Impact

http://www.iadb.org/intal/intalcdi/PE/2009/04079.pdf

Indice de Donantes para América Latina:

http://www.indicedonantes.org/

My top 15 economics blogs

My top 15 economics blogs

1. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/ (Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize 2008, Princeton U.; one of Time magazine's top 25 blogs in 2009, together with Freakonomics)

2. http://www.bepress.com/ev/ (The Economist's Voice, edited by Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize 2001. U. of Columbia).

3. http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/ Brad DeLong (UC-Berkeley)

4. http://economistsview.typepad.com/ Mark Thoma (U. of Oregon) (which also includes a very comprehensive list of economists blogs on the right side column).

5. http://rodrik.typepad.com/ Dani Rodrik, Harvard U. (on development economics)

6. http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/ run by Steven Levitt (U. of Chicago) and Stephen Dubner (journalist), co-authors of the book

7. http://www.econbrowser.com/ James Hamilton, UCSD; and Menzie Chinn, U. of Wisconsin (also an extensive list of blogs on the right hand column).

8. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/ (Felix Salmon, on Finance and Economics)

9. http://angrybear.blogspot.com/ (“Slightly left of center economic commentary on news, politics, and the economy.”, run by a group of economists and finance Ph.D.s)

10. http://www.rgemonitor.com/ (RGE Monitor, Chairman Nouriel Roubini, NYU).

Media sites:

11. http://www.ft.com/comment/blogs (Financial Times blogs. They are all great. Especially Buiter, Crook, Wolf, and Alphaville)

12. http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/ (Economics blog on The Economist)

13. http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/ Business Week blogs, particularly Economics Unbound, by BusinessWeek chief economist Michael Mand

14. http://seekingalpha.com/ (More financial than economics)

15. http://time-blog.com/curious_capitalist/ Justin Fox (OK, he is not really an economist, but rather a journalist with degrees in international affairs and political science; but interesting nonetheless)

I would have added Brad Setser (http://blogs.cfr.org/setser/), but he has joined the Obama administration.

Here are competing lists:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124769381962047691.html (Wall Street Journal)

Whose economics blog is: http://blogs.wsj.com/economics

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1873144-3,00.html (Time CNN)

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article1923706.ece (The Times, UK).

http://www.intute.ac.uk/blog/2008/03/12/favourite-blogs-economics/ (Intute, UK).

Sugerencias de libros sobre temas económicos

Sugerencias de materiales de lectura sobre temas económicos

- Diccionario económico:

"The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Global Economics".

- Libros sobre Economía Internacional:

"International Economics : Theory and Policy" by Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld (January 2000)

"Pop Internationalism" by Paul Krugman. Paperback (April 1997)

"Macroeconomics in the Global Economy" by Jeffrey D. Sachs, et al

"The Macroeconomics of Populism in Latin America" (A National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report) by Rudiger Dornbusch(Editor), Sebastian Edwards(Editor). Paperback (April 1992)

- Libros de Financiamiento de Proyectos Internacionales:

Project Finance at the World Bank : An Overview of Policies and Instruments (World Bank Technical Paper, No 312) by Philippe Benoit. Paperback (January 1996)

Project Financing and the International Financial Markets by Estaban C. Buljevich, Yoon S. Park

- Libros sobre Desarrollo Económico:

"Latin America After a Decade of Reforms : Economic and Social Progress 1997 Report" (Serial) by Inter-American Development Bank. Paperback (October 1997)

"The New Economic Model in Latin America and Its Impact on Income Distribution and Poverty" (Institute of Latin American Studies Series) by Victor Bulmer-Thomas(Editor), University of London Institute of Latin a.
Hardcover (July 1996)

"Poverty, Inequality, and Human Capital Development in Latin America, 1950-2025" (World Bank Latin American and Caribbean Studies) by Juan Luis Londono. Paperback (June 1996)

"Poverty and Inequality in Latin America : The Impact of Adjustment and Recovery in the 1980s" by Samuel A. Morley. Hardcover (September 1995)

"Latin American Development Debate : Neostructuralism, Neomonetarism, and Adjustment Processes" by Patricio Meller (Editor).

"Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: An Economic History of Latin America in the Twentieth Century" by Rosemary Thorp. Paperback (October 1998)

"After Neoliberalism : What Next for Latin America? (Development and Inequality in the Market Economy)" by Lance Taylor(Editor). Hardcover (April 1999)
Libros de Finanzas Públicas

Atkinson, A. and J. Stiglitz, "Lectures on Public Economics"

Environmental & Natural Resource Economics, Tietenberg y Lewis


LISTA DE LIBROS SOBRE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO

1. Handbook of Development Economics, Edited by Hollis Chenery

2. Economic Development, by Michael P. Todaro

3. Development Economics by Debraj Ray

4. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey D. Sachs

5. Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen

6. Economic and Social Development into the XXI Century (Inter-American Development Bank) by Louis Emmerij

7. A Survey of Sustainable Development: Social And Economic Dimensions (Frontier Issues in Economic Thought) by Amartya Sen

8. Economic Growth, by Robert J. Barro

9. Development, Geography, and Economic Theory (Ohlin Lectures) by Paul Krugman

10. The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics by William R. Easterly

11. The Puzzle of Latin American Economic Development by Patrice Franko

12. The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor by David S. Landes

13. Socially Relevant Policy Analysis: Structuralist Computable General Equilibrium Models for the Developing World by Lance Taylor

14. Development Economics and Structuralist Macroeconomics: Essays in Honor of Lance Taylor by Amitava Krishna Dutt

15. Economic Reforms in New Democracies: A Social-Democratic Approach by Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira

16. The Analysis of Household Surveys: A Microeconomic Approach to Development Policy (World Bank) by Angus Deaton

17. Addressing the Challenges of Globalization: An Independent Evaluation of the World Bank's Approach to Global Programs (Operations Evaluation Studies) (Operations Evaluation Studies) by Uma Lele


LIBROS SOBRE FINANZAS INTERNACIONALES

1. Macroeconomics in Emerging Markets by Peter J. Montiel

2. Economics of the Public Sector, by Joseph E. Stiglitz

3. International Economics: Theory and Policy, by Paul R. Krugman

4. International Economics II: International Monetary Theory and Open-Economy Macroeconomics by Giancarlo Gandolfo

5. The Commanding Heights : The Battle for the World Economy by Daniel Yergin

6. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman

7. The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman

8. International Financial Policy: Essays in Honor of Jacques J. Polak by Jacob A. Frenkel

9. Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz

10. The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press)) by Sebastian Mallaby

11. The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century (Updated and Expanded) by Paul R. Krugman

12. Debt, Stabilization, and Development: Essays in Memory of Carlos Diaz-Alejandro by Guillermo A. Calvo

13. Debt, Adjustment, and Recovery: Latin America's Prospects for Growth and Development by Sebastian Edwards

14. New Approaches to the Latin American Debt Crisis (Essays in International Economics) by Jeffrey D. Sachs

Sen. Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech in Chicago

Sen. Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech in Chicago, Ill.

CQ Transcripts Wire
Wednesday, November 5, 2008; 12:02 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/05/AR2008110500013_pf.html

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled, Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.

I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation's next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.

I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.

It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.

I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years: block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.

Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.

For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves: if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth: that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:

Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.

Recursos sobre políticas públicas, evaluación y monitoreo

Compendio de algunos sitios y recursos sobre políticas públicas, evaluación y monitoreo.

* Foro de Diálogo sobre Políticas Públicas en el Ecuador, Hexagon
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23713611508

* Grupo ECUADOR (Yahoo)
Grupo multidisciplinario de ciudadanos, con el interés en construir un mejor país, con lo ambiental como eje transversal, a través de incidencia política.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ecuador/

* Grupo FARO (Ecuador): creación y promoción de políticas públicas innovadoras, técnica y políticamente sostenibles.
http://www.grupofaro.org/

* Red de seguimiento, evaluación y sistematización de América Latina y el Caribe (ReLAC)
http://ar.groups.yahoo.com/group/relac/

* PREVAL, Programa para el fortalecimiento de la capacidad regional de seguimiento y evaluación de los proyectos FIDA para la reducción de la pobreza rural en América Latina y el Caribe -
http://www.preval.org

* EBPDN, Evidence Based Policy in Development Network
http://www.ebpdn.org/

* Foro para América Latina de la red de políticas para el desarrollo basadas en la evidencia (Evidence-Based Policy in Development Network).

http://www.ebpdn.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3&sid=faf9b5e5253697b4468ae6acb95f9da6

* IDEAS, International Development Evaluation Association
http://www.ideas-int.org/

* EVALNET, Red de Evaluación de América Latina, Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo.
http://www.iadb.org/ove/Default.aspx?Action=WUCHtmlAndDocuments@EvalNet

* "Una revisión sistemática de evaluaciones de impacto de programas sociales en América Latina y el Caribe":

http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=839480

* Encuesta a economistas en EE.UU. sobre políticas públicas:

http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol3/iss9/art1/

* Proyecto de Consenso de Copenhagen (sobre prioridades para el desarrollo):

http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/Default.aspx?ID=675

* Sitios sobre políticas públicas basadas en la evidencia:

http://www.evidencebasedprograms.org/

http://www.evidencebasedpolicy.org

http://evidencenetwork.org/index.html

* Manuales y sitios sobre monitoreo y evaluación de proyectos de desarrollo:

http://www.sida.se/shared/jsp/download.jsp?f=SIDA3753en_mini.pdf&a=3148

http://www.mfdr.org (Gestión para Resultados en el Desarrollo)

http://topics.developmentgateway.org/evaluation/rc/BrowseContent.do~source=RCContentUser~folderId=5025
* International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET):

http://www.ipdet.org

* Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation:

http://www.evaluation.wmich.edu/jmde/

Ver, en particular, este artículo sobre M&E en LAC:

http://www.evaluation.wmich.edu/jmde/content/JMDE1content/11_Evaluation_in_Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean.htm

Otros enlaces a instituciones y redes regionales:

http://www.preval.org/pagina.php?secCodigo=49&idioma=7

http://www.preval.org/pagina.php?secCodigo=52

Datos y análisis sobre pobreza y desigualdad

Datos y análisis sobre pobreza y desigualdad en América Latina y el Caribe, y en Ecuador.

CEPAL:

http://www.cepal.org/estadisticas/bases/ (estadísticas)

http://www.cepal.org/analisis/default.asp?idioma=ES&unbisCategory=14&unbisNumber=14.05.03 (análisis - bajo desarrollo social -> pobreza)

PNUD:

http://www.undp.org/poverty/

http://www.undp.org/mdg/ (ODM)

Naciones Unidas:

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

BID:

http://www.iadb.org/sds/pov/index_pov_e.htm

http://www.iadb.org/topics/subtopics.cfm?subtopicID=RPO&language=English&topicID=DS&parid=2&item1id=4

Banco Mundial:

http://go.worldbank.org/Q5YVZUU550

FMI:

http://www.imf.org/external/np/prsp/prsp.asp

Wikipedia (incluye otros enlaces):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_reduction

Oxfam:

http://www.oxfam.org/en/category/oxfam-general/poverty

Development Gateway:

http://www.oxfam.org/en/category/oxfam-general/poverty

INEC (Datos de Ecuador):

http://www.inec.gov.ec/web/guest/ecu_est/est_soc/enc_hog/pobreza

PNUD Ecuador (Area de Pobreza):

http://www.undp.org.ec/pobreza.php

Interesting web site with rankings of Universities

Interesting web site with rankings of Universities worldwide:

Interesante sitio con rankings de Universidades del mundo:

http://universidades.universia.es/ranking/index.htm

Este sitio provee un ranking de "best buys" entre programas de postgrado acreditados en línea:

Best buys in online master's degrees programs:

http://www.geteducated.com