What would change if we could track poverty in real time and had accurate, up-to-date poverty estimates at our fingertips? The poverty rate is a crucial indicator for monitoring the development of our countries and for the design and evaluation of public policies. However, official poverty rates are derived from household surveys that often have limited frequency, problems … [Read more...] about Nowcasting Poverty: Revolutionizing Estimates in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Laucel Muñoz
Laucel Muñoz is an economist and data scientist with extensive experience in economic and social research, as well as in the design and implementation of analytics tools applied in macroeconomics, finance, and investments. With a Master's degree in Social Research from the University of Edinburgh, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business from ESEN, he has closely collaborated in the technical leadership of various projects at DMA Research and Data Analytics, including sectoral analysis, predictive model design, application of artificial intelligence techniques and econometrics in economic research, implementation of data analytics tools, among others.