Daniel Ortega
Director of impact evaluation and policy learning
Director of impact evaluation and policy learning
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Maryland College Park (August 2002). M.A. in Economics, University of Maryland College Park (December 2000). B.A. in Economics, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas (July 1997). At the moment, Daniel is the Director of Impact Evaluation and Policy Learning at CAF and associate Professor (Adjunct) at Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA) since 2004.
Previously Daniel was the Impact Evaluation Coordinator and Senior Economist at CAF from 2006 to 2014. He also was Research Economist at the Economic Advisory Office to the National Assembly of Venezuela (2002-2004)
Recent publications
- The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuela's Maisanta. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 196-214, 2011 (with Chang-Tai Hsieh, Edward Miguel and Francisco Rodriguez)
- Human Development of Peoples. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 11 (2), 229-257, 2010
- The Effect of Wage Compression and Alternative Labor Market Opportunities on Teacher Quality in Venezuela. Economics of Education Review, 29 (5), 760-771, 2010
- pablo sanguinetti
- adriana arreaza coll
- christian daude
- daniel ortega
- fernando álvarez
- lucila berniell
- pablo brassiolo
- dolores de la mata
- ricardo estrada
- gustavo fajardo
- manuel toledo
- juan f. vargas
knowledge
Women heads of households and urban men between 40 and 50 years
old, with a formal employment, are the groups with the highest
financial education and greater capacity to save in Latin America,...
Focusing investment on preventive and social policies is the key
to solve the problem of crime in the region
The time that parents dedicate to their children, quality of
education, and the reduction of the drop-out rate, as well as youth
employment, are basic pillars in the development of skills of
U...
Guillermo Perry, former Minister of Finance of Colombia, and
Laura Trucco, of the NYU Development Center, explain what is needed
to have effective and quality services
In recent years, the development debate has focused more on
defining what are the best policies for growth and social inclusion
and less on the capabilities of the agencies charged with
implem...
events
This seminar will analyze the potential benefits and challenges
faced by different countries to increase direct and safe access of
researchers to the administrative micro-data of productive uni...
If Latin America is to move onto a path of sustained and
inclusive economic growth, it needs to improve the socio-emotional,
cognitive and physical skills of its human capital. We will present
...
CAF -Development Bank of Latin America- and the Brookings
Global-CERES Economic and Social Policy in Latin America Initiative
(ESPLA) will present the 2016 Economy and Development Report (RED)
...
CAF -Development Bank of Latin America- and the Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB) will present the 2016 Economy and
Development Report (RED) "More skills for work and life: the
contributio...
CAF -Development Bank of Latin America- and the Inter-American
Dialogue will present the 2016 Economy and Development Report (RED)
"More skills for work and life: the contributions of the famil...
