This article deepens in the differences in educational development between the Ecuadorian provinces and in their evolution over time by estimating the Provincial-level Education Index. This index is built using the micro-databases of the two latest rounds of the Ecuador`s Living Standards Measurement Survey (2005–2006 and 2013–2014). The results show an overall increase in the educational development of the Ecuadorian provinces, as well as a slight reduction in inequality. However, differences between them continue to exist. Underlying our results, which are consistent with the provincial production structure and socioeconomic context, some public policies seem to affect the educational sector, as their impact has been evidenced during the period covered in this research.
PurposeThe purpose of this paper seeks to gauge the impact of the Red de Oportunidades programme on the school attendance of children from households that participate in the programme.Design/methodology/approachIn order to measure the impact of the programme, the authors apply propensity score matching, a quasi-experimental technique that allows us to find an appropriate control group to compare with the treatment group.FindingsResults show that the programme does not always manage to bring into line school attendance of children from families involved in the programme with that of children from families who are not. Nevertheless, differences are still evident in terms of age, gender and geographical area.Practical implicationsConditional cash transfer programmes should be designed carefully, taking into account a great variety of factors such as geographical characteristics, educational resources and infrastructure, not only to replicate programmes that have proved to be effective in other countries. In this sense, it seems that the impact of cash transfers on primary school attendance can be wholly attributed to the programme, implying that it is better to allocate more resources to groups in terms of age and gender where education is still not universal.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first time the impact of conditional cash transfers on school attendance has been examined in a country that still displays major geographical differences in terms of poverty, namely, Panama. The Red de Oportunidades programme has barely been studied.
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la evolución de la pobreza y de la distribución del ingreso en Panamá desde una perspectiva territorial, utilizando fundamentalmente los datos de la Encuesta Continua a Hogares (ECH) que realiza el Instituto de Estadística y Censo de Panamá. En 2019, la tasa de pobreza en el país se situaba en el 21,5%, encontrándose su manifestación más severa y alarmante en las Comarcas Indígenas donde más del 80% de la población es pobre. Este hecho es causa y efecto de otras desigualdades en los ámbitos de la educación, la salud, el empleo y la vivienda, generando problemas de convergencia geográfica, disparidades y asimetrías. El progreso en la reducción de la pobreza precisa acciones consensuadas y solidarias que vayan más allá de las medidas de política económica implementadas durante las últimas décadas, cobrando especial relevancia, junto a los programas sociales, otras políticas dirigidas a la mejora de la infraestructura educativa y a la calidad del servicio prestado.
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