Iván Durán

🌎🏛️ ¿Trabajas en el sector público y quieres impulsar soluciones innovadoras para tu territorio? Postúlate al Diplomado en Gobernabilidad e Innovación Pública de CAF junto a 20 universidades de 23 países de América Latina, el Caribe y España. 💡 Design Thinking 📲 Govtech y transformación digital 🌱 Cambio climático e inclusión 🤝 Networking regional Una experiencia para liderar la transformación pública con impacto real. caf.com/es/capacitacio…

📚 Convocatoria abierta: Revisores/as para la @RevLatamDigital Publicación de acceso abierto con artículos en español, inglés y portugués sobre economía digital, gobernanza tech y políticas públicas en América Latina. ¿Tienes experiencia académica y querés contribuir como revisor/a? 👉 Postúlate aquí: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… 📖 Ver últimos números: revistalatam.digital/issue/d4d/

“Perhaps consuming a few dozen book pages a day should become the new 10,000 daily steps — a basic foundation of activity to maintain cognitive fitness.” nytimes.com/2026/03/27/opi…

One of the most important issues for the world over the coming century is population growth, and here is a widely accessible introduction to the issues: aeaweb.org/issues/836

In a new major report, the World Bank conceded that its decades-long war on industrial policy was wrong, saying its old advice “has not aged well — it has the practical value of a floppy disk today.” But this is not an intellectual awakening. The World Bank's doctrine shifted because the means through which Western nations can maintain their dominance shifted — not because economists suddenly discovered new evidence. The world’s wealthiest nations are now pursuing industrial policy so openly that it can no longer be denied to the rest of the world. When the geopolitical winds shift, so does the ideology of institutions where wealthy nations' interests are deeply entrenched.

Industrial policy, a powerful tool for economic development in the ‘Asian Miracles’, was based on the three key principles: promoting sophisticated export-oriented industries, fostering innovation and competition, and building accountable leading agencies. voxdev.org/topic/macroeco…

#IndustrialPolicy in the 21st century goes far beyond manufacturing. In this new report, it is defined as government action to promote strategic business activities—across sectors like #agribusiness, #tourism, and more: wrld.bg/5J9550Yw4jp

JUST LAUNCHED! Industrial policy has never been more consequential for the world's developing economies. Our new report reviews 183 national plans & evidence from 60+ countries, showing why targeted inputs outperform blunt tools: wrld.bg/CcCc50YvjeV

AI agents are semi- or fully autonomous systems that can perceive, reason, and act independently, integrating with software platforms to complete multistep tasks with minimal human oversight. But there are a host of risks and challenges that companies need to be aware of as agentic AI matures. Learn more: bit.ly/4c1Gkri

Claude is so so so useful for my teaching. Today, I used it to make a diagram about endogeneity from omitted variable and three fixes, custom to my syllabus, chosen terminology, and aesthetic preferences. All in 20 minutes.

Desde I+D lanzamos #Colombia2030: 12 guías estratégicas con diagnósticos técnicos sobre salud, educación, economía y más, para orientar el futuro nacional. 📈🚀 ​¡Léelas aquí! ➡️ fimasd.org/lineamientos-e…

@luispapagni Bravo Luis, felicitaciones!

Agradecido por este reconocimiento. Es un estímulo al trabajo en equipo y a la convicción de que fortalecer la democracia y la gobernanza pública sigue siendo una tarea colectiva. Seguimos.

This looks like a must-read! "Technology and Economic Development" by Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, and Simon Johnson "This chapter presents a tractable framework for the study of technology adoption and diffusion in the context of economic development" nber.org/papers/w34730

📘 Ya está disponible el Cuaderno del Desarrollo CAF #37 sobre inteligencia artificial y gobiernos subnacionales. En la era de los datos la IA abre nuevas oportunidades para anticipar necesidades y mejorar los servicios públicos desde lo local. 🔍 El documento analiza avances, desafíos y brechas en formación e infraestructura en la región. 👉 Descárgalo y conoce cómo la IA puede transformar la gestión pública subnacional. scioteca.caf.com/handle/1234567…

How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently – The Marginalian themarginalian.org/2014/03/28/dan…

The FT's Person of the Year has been the driving force behind the massive AI boom which has the capacity to reshape the global economy. on.ft.com/4oP0APC

The technology presents dazzling opportunities for children—and ominous risks econ.st/3KfJRa2

Este 19 de noviembre a las 9:00 a.m., acompáñanos en un espacio de reflexión sobre los contenidos, métodos y herramientas que deben guiar la enseñanza de la economía en el siglo XXI. 🌍📘 Link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

Technological progress over the 20th century has consistently increased demand for occupations with higher education requirements, occupations that pay higher wages, and occupations with a greater fraction of female workers, from Huben Liu, @DimitrisPapan20, @L_Schmidt_Econ, and Bryan Seegmiller nber.org/papers/w34386

Los invito a leer mi columna en canal 1: la inteligencia artificial y las brechas de género: un futuro que podemos corregir. canal1.com.co/noticias/opini…