Publications & policy research
A selection of academic papers, policy research, and methodological work on understanding poverty, inequality, and economic development.
2022
Nowcasting Global Poverty
Daniel Gerszon Mahler, R.A. Castañeda Aguilar, David Newhouse
The World Bank Economic Review, 36(4), pp. 835–856
2020
What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?
Oscar Calvo-González, Germán Caruso, R.A. Castañeda, Eduardo Malasquez
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper. World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
A New Profile of the Global Poor
R.Andrés Castañeda, Dung Doan, David Newhouse, Minh Cong Nguyen, Hiroki Uematsu, Joao Pedro Azevedo
World Development, 101, Supplement C, pp. 250–267
How sensitive is regional poverty measurement in Latin America to the value of the poverty line?
R. Andrés Castañeda, Leonardo Gasparini, Santiago Garriga, Leonardo Lucchetti, Daniel Valderrama
Economia, 19(1), pp. 33–58
Gasto social, redistribución del ingreso y reducción de la pobreza en México: evolución y comparación con Argentina, Brasil y Uruguay
Luis Felipe López-Calva, Nora Lustig, John Scott, R.Andrés Castañeda
Book chapter in Pobreza y desigualdad en México, eds. Isidro Soloaga, Eduardo Rodríguez-Oreggia, Rodolfo de la Torre
2017
But … What is the Poverty Rate Today?
German Caruso, Leonardo Lucchetti, Eduardo Malasquez, Thiago Scot, R. Andrés Castañeda
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper. World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
Who are the poor in the developing world?
R.Andrés Castañeda Aguilar, Dung Thi Thuy Doan, David Locke Newhouse, Minh Cong Nguyen, Hiroki Uematsu, Joao Pedro Wagner De Azevedo
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7844
Measuring poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: methodological considerations when estimating an empirical regional poverty line
R.Andrés Castañeda Aguilar, Leonardo Carlos Gasparini, Santiago Garriga, Leonardo Ramiro Lucchetti, Daniel Valderrama Gonzalez
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7621
2014
When prosperity is not shared: the weak links between growth and equity in the Dominican Republic
Javier E. Baez, Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, Andres Castaneda, Ali Sharman
Gasto social, redistribución del ingreso y reducción de la pobreza en México: evolución y comparación con Argentina, Brasil y Uruguay
Luis F. López-Calva, Nora Lustig, John Scott, Andrés Castañeda
CEQ Working Paper 17. Tulane University, Department of Economics
Poverty and inequality measures in practice: A basic reference guide with Stata examples
R.Andrés Castañeda, Santiago Garriga, Daniel Valderrama, Natalia Gárbiras, Oscar Barriga, Martha Viveros, Bernardo Atuesta, Ali Sharman
Hitos del conflicto y riesgo país
Andrés Castañeda, Juan F. Vargas
Book chapter in Costos económicos y sociales del conflicto en Colombia, eds. María Alejandra Arias et al. (¿Cómo construir un posconflicto sostenible? series)
2013
Fifteen years of inequality in Latin America: how have labor markets helped?
R.Andrés Castañeda, Carolina Diaz-Bonilla, Bernardo Atuesta, Joao Pedro Azevedo, Maria Eugenia Davalos
Policy Research Working Paper WPS 6384. The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
2012
Sovereign risk and armed conflict: an event-study for Colombia
R.Andrés Castañeda, Juan F. Vargas
Defence and Peace Economics, 23(2), pp. 185–201
2011
Principales metodologías de medición de líneas de pobreza absoluta por ingresos
Bernardo Atuesta, Andrés Castañeda
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística–DANE; 012765