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Reducing Poverty in Latin America 2026
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The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at ESPOL invites you to our high-level international Conference. Driven by our mission to ensure universal access to knowledge, admission is entirely free upon prior registration. Leading scholars from the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and North Macedonia will present their latest scientific methodologies and research findings.
Welcome to evidence-based dialogue at ESPOL!
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The sixth edition of this conference is organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL. | |
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| Disseminate the results of recent studies on poverty issues that could be replicated in the Latin American region. |
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| Foster the audience's self-growth within the economic logic of processing the results. |
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| 08:00 | Generative AI for ProDemocracy Platforms | |||||
José Ramón Enríquez, Ph. D., Researcher | Stanford University | ||||||
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| 09:00 | Understanding the social determinants of child mortality in Latin America over the last two decades: a machine learning approach. | |||||
Carlos Chivardi, Mgs., Researcher | University of York | ||||||
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| 10:00 | The Limits of AI-Driven Allocation: Optimal Screening under Aleatoric Uncertainty. | |||||
Mateo Dulce, Ph. D., Professor | New York University | ||||||
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| 11:00 | Integrating learning platforms within regular school time: experimental evidence from Chilean primary schools | |||||
Nicolás Bottan, Ph. D., Professor | Cornell University | ||||||
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| 12:00 | Applied case study | |||||
Martín Castillo, Ph. D., Professor | Universidad de Chicago | ||||||
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| 08:00 | Geopolitical ecologies of cloud capitalism: Territorial restructuring and the making of national computing power in the U.S. and China. (It will be taught in English) | |||||
Justin Kollar, Ph. D., Professor | National University of Singapore | ||||||
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| 09:00 | Cash transfers and the COVID-19 pandemic: the experiences of Argentina and Uruguay | |||||
Roxana Maurizio, Ph. D., Professor | Universidad de Buenos Aires | ||||||
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| 10:00 | Institutional environment of the Brazilian tilapia production: an analysis from multidimensional indexes. (It will be taught in English) | |||||
Vinícius Souza Ribeiro, Ph. D., Professor | Instituto Federal de Tocantins | ||||||
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| 11:00 | Unequal Impacts of AI on Colombia's Labor Market: An Analysis of AI Exposure, Wages, and Job Dynamics | |||||
Andrés García-Suaza, Ph. D., Dean of Economics | Universidad del Rosario | ||||||
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| 12:00 | The Resilience of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe in Global Value Chains: A Product-level Analysis | |||||
Marjan Petreski, Ph. D., Professor | University American College Skopje | ||||||
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| 09:00 - 13:00 | Training Program "Fiscal incidence analysis and micro-simulation techniques used in public economics" (It will be taught in English) | |||
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| Marjan Petreski, Ph. D., Professor | University American College Skopje | |||
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| 09:00 - 11:00 | Workshop: Approaches to Analyzing Illicit Markets | |||
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| Eduardo Montero, Ph. D., Professor | University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy | |||
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| Workshop: Game Theory Applied to Organized Crime Martín Castillo, Ph. D., Professor | University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy | ||
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Registration methods | ||
You can choose one of the following options:
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| Without certificate |
Registration for the conference is free of charge; consequently, no certificate of attendance or completion will be issued. To select this option, please fill out the registration form with your details. Upon clicking the "Submit" button, the organizing committee will verify the information, and a registration confirmation—along with connection details and further instructions—will be sent to the email address provided on the form.
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| With certificate |
To obtain a certificate of attendance, you must first pay a $10 fee to the accounts listed at the bottom of this page. Once payment has been made, please upload the payment receipt (in PDF format) and an image of your national ID card or passport to the designated section of this form, and complete the remaining required information. After clicking the "Submit" button, the organizing committee will verify the details; a registration confirmation—including connection details and further instructions—will then be sent to the email address provided in the form. Certificates will be issued via email by November 5, subject to verification of attendance at a minimum of 60% of the lectures.
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Payments for certificates of attendance
| Over-the-counter payment | |||
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| All credit cards are accepted: teller windows ESPOL-TECH E.P. ¿How to get there?
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| Bank transfers - Current account | |||
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| Legal name: Public service company ESPOL-TECH E.P. RUC: 0968592010001 Mail: techep@espol.edu.ec
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