Edgar Salgado

Economist in the Economic Policy Research Department at the @IFC_org.

[Edgar Salgado @ESalgadoChavez]

Beyond the Numbers: Understanding Private Equity Returns in Emerging Markets https://t.co/FNQUwWqJhH via @WorldBank

[Jorge Garcia Hombrados @jorgeghombrados]

The rapid expansion of internet access is a major cultural shift in sub-Saharan Africa. But can it transform deeply ingrained norms like Female Genital Mutilation and sexual behav. related stigmas?Our WP with @danielperezpa and @RiccardoCiacci addresses this question in Nigeria🧵

[Susan Lund @SusanLund_DC]

African firms are leaders in mobile payment adoption, but lag behind other frontier markets in the adoption of machine learning and AI. Learn more about how African businesses are utilizing disruptive technologies in @IFC_org’s new report: https://t.co/gJVFtaGB2r

[Edgar Salgado @ESalgadoChavez]

The book outlines the steps to be taken—from investing in digital infrastructure to funding tech startups offering user-friendly, affordable digital solutions.

[Edgar Salgado @ESalgadoChavez]

New book: Digital Opportunities in African Businesses. More than 600,000 formally registered firms and 40 million microbusinesses—about 20 percent of businesses in Africa—are potentially ready to benefit from digital upgrades. https://t.co/ApP7P6p79L via @IFC

[Edgar Salgado @ESalgadoChavez]

African startups that incorporating disruptive technologies get more funding, but this link is weaker than in other regions. More⬇️

[Mariana Pereira-López @mariana_ppl11]

Summary of our recent working paper on Disruptive Technologies and Finance in Africa @marciojvcruz @ESalgadoChavez

https://t.co/pSSF7NE7eR

[Jorge Garcia Hombrados @jorgeghombrados]

Thrilled to be at @BeckerFriedman @UofC for the next 3 months, courtesy of @FulbrightPrgrm. If you're in Chicago, feel free to drop by and say hello. And for those curating seminar lineups in development/political economy in the US, look no further! 😅

[Edgar Salgado @ESalgadoChavez]

In addition, the period from the late teens to early twenties seems key to influencing later voting behavior, participation, and democratic beliefs.

[Edgar Salgado @ESalgadoChavez]

In this recently published piece, @Malasquez82 and I find that distinguishing by the identity of the perpetrator helps explain previous ambiguous results found in the literature that studies the impact of conflict on social capital. https://t.co/XSdKbsWO8H

[Edgar Salgado @ESalgadoChavez]

in contrast, exposure to terrorist violence strengthens social capital, although the size of the effects tends to be smaller.

[U-M Economics @umichECON]

Professor Sebastian Sotelo receives the annual American Economic Journal (AEJ) Best Paper Awards in AEJ: Applied Economics with Enghin Atalay, Phai Phongthiengtham, and Daniel Tannenbaum for the paper "The Evolution of Work in the United States": https://t.co/0nHXiibkvO

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

Today's cool young researcher #EconTwitter is @jorgeghombrados at UAM who works on questions related to development, culture, + crime
https://t.co/1uI5F95jf1

[Edgar Salgado @ESalgadoChavez]

Thanks to editors Eric Edmonds and Nina Pavcnik for this recognition. It is certainly rewarding to be of service to the profession. https://t.co/UZbPqYH7GS

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

From @jorgeghombrados @ESalgadoChavez: a ban on FGM in Senegal ⬇️ its prevalence, ⬆️ investment in girls' education (possibly because parents invested more in education to make their daughters more attractive partners)
https://t.co/ITwreXiZQM

[Álvaro Vargas Llosa @AlvaroVargasLl]

Hoy colocó un pie en la inmortalidad (explicaré la “inmortalidad”). A puerta cerrada, sin familia, amigos ni prensa, solo ante 400 años de historia académica y civilización occidental, como manda la norma, cumplió el rito de la “instalación” en la Academia francesa. Abro hilo.1/6