Call for research proposals on Habitat and Urban Development
Convocation from December 10 to January 30, 2016
CAF seeks research proposals that contribute to understand the relationship between the characteristics of urban environment, companies productivity and household welfare
The committee will receive and evaluate research
proposals seeking to make contributions in key areas of urban
development, including:
- Land use and public space
- Mobility, transport and distribution of social infrastructure
- Access to housing and basic services
Proposals should be sent to investigacion@caf.com until January 30,
2016. The authors of the proposals selected for funding will be
notified about the third week of February 2016, and will have until
June 30 to send the first draft.
A maximum of four research proposals will be funded, and each
one will receive $US 15,000. The final version of the research
paper will be delivered in September 2016 and will be included in
the series of CAF working papers. However, the authors are free to
publish their work in academic journals. The authors will be
invited to present their research at the Economic and Development Report of 2017
(RED 2017) workshop,
organized by CAF during the III Habitat Conference in Quito, Ecuador in
October 2016.
For more information and details of the call, please download
the following document.
