institutional relations

In order to promote collaboration between institutions towards the implementation of more robust joint projects, the Aru Foundation maintains cooperation agreements with both public and private institutions within the national and international scope.

Finally, inter-institutional agreements promote the exchange of tools and knowledge that facilitate the development of research and increase, through debate, its quality in Bolivia. To date, the Aru Foundation has consolidated its cooperative relationships with the following institutions:

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC

Impact Evaluation of the PROMYPE Project [2022]
Econometric Study on Benefits and Costs Saved to the State through Conciliation in Judicial Proceedings [2018]

Asociación Boliviana Uniendo Manos por la Vida - RED UMAVIDA

Generation of Evidence for Advocacy on Food Security and Vulnerable Populations During COVID-19, with an Emphasis on Gender and Youth [2021]

BANCO CENTRAL DE BOLIVIA - BCB

“Doctors and Teachers in Bolivia: A Measure of Their Relative Incomes,” by Carlos Copana and Wilson Jiménez, won 1st place in the open category of the 11th Meeting of Economists of Bolivia [2018].

Productive Development Bank - BDP

Impact Assessment of Individual Productive Credit CPI-2012 [2012]

Inter-American Development Bank - IDB

Mapping Accessibility of Public Infrastructure in the City of La Paz, with the Support of the Inter-American Development Bank [2024]
Inducing Cooperation in Fragmented Societies: Experimental Evidence from Bolivia [2019]

World Bank

Measurement of Quality of Life: Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Bolivia [2008]
Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy in Bolivia: Institutional Arrangements for Social Protection in Bolivia [2008]

Banco Unión S.A.

Impact Assessment of the Financial Education Program of Banco Unión S.A [2016]

Campaña Boliviana por el Derecho a la Educación - CBDE

Survey and Evaluation of the National Literacy Program Yo sí puedo [2012]

Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Laboral y Agrario - CEDLA

Collection of Information from Georeferenced Sub-sample Households of UPM 2017, Linking Social Inequality, Poverty, and Citizen Agendas [2021]

Centro de Promoción de la Mujer Gregoria Apaza

Development of Indicators for Monitoring the Gender Gap in Education, Health, Climate Change, and Productive Development in Bolivia [2017]

Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre el Desarrollo, Uruguay - CIEDUR

Study: Improving Female Participation in the Labor Market and Women’s Economic Empowerment through Better Policies in Latin America, The Bolivian Case [2014]

Conservation International Foundation

Data Collection on Socio-Political Perceptions in the Department of Pando [2024]

Andean Development Corporation - CAF

Impact Assessment of the Program More Investment for Water Mi Agua/Mi Riego [2018]
Impact Assessment of the Increase in Commercial Registration of MYPES 2nd Panel [2013]

Department of Political Science, University of Rochester - USA

The Political Economy of Institutional Reform in Bolivia: Decentralization, Civil Conflicts, and Redistribution [2007]

United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF

Telephone Survey for the Evaluation of Support for Humanitarian and Programmatic Performance Monitoring in Bolivia [2021]
Generation of Evidence and Strengthening Capacities in Information Management Regarding the Situation of Childhood, Children, and Adolescents in Bolivia [2023]

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO

Survey for the Multidimensional Study of Poverty in Indigenous Households of the Bolivian Chiquitania, from a Gender Perspective [2021]
Multidimensional Study of Poverty in Indigenous Households of the Bolivian Chiquitania, from a Gender Perspective [2021]

United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA

Survey on Obstetric and Neonatal Emergency Care Diagnosis (CONE/EMONC) [2024]
Support for Program Monitoring of Citizen Support Programs and Development of Digital Monitoring Platform [2023]

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - FES

National Polarization Survey 2024 [2024]
Study: Top-Down Political Polarization: An Approach from the Political Class [2024]

PROFIN Foundation

Development of the Baseline for the PROBOLIVIA/JIWASA Program (PROFIN only) [2015]
Developing Rural Markets under the Approach of the Social Function of Financial Services and Corporate Social Responsibility [2017]

SWISSCONTACT Foundation

Baseline for the Inclusive Markets Project Phase II [2022]
Study: Generating Analytical Visions and Building Prospective Scenarios of the Impacts of the Health, Economic, Political Crisis, and Climate Change [2020]

Fundación Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - KAS

Survey on Democratic Perception Among Youth in 5 Capital Cities of Bolivia [2024]
Democratic Youth Observatory in Bolivia [2023]

Fundación Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - KAS-Lima

Development of Situational Diagnosis and Virtual Training Materials on Migration, Environment, and Climate Change for Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia [2020]

OXFAM INTERMON Foundation

Observatory of Inequalities [2022]
Generation of Evidence and Advocacy Workshops: Poverty and Inequality, Gender Gaps in Employment, Gender Gaps in Access to Education [2019]

Foundation for the Advancement of Reforms and Opportunities - Grupo FARO

Study: South-South Cooperation: An Opportunity to Combat Climate Change and Reduce Inequalities [2019]
Case Study Peru and Bolivia: Socioeconomic Recovery Policy Options Post-COVID-19 and South-South Cooperation Opportunities [2021]

Red Sudamericana de Economía Aplicada - Red Sur

Promoting a pandemic recovery: evidence to support managing the growing debt crisis [2022]

Gobierno Autónomo Departamental de Tarija

Measurement, Analysis, and Interpretation of the Multidimensional Poverty Index – IPM of the Tarija Department [2019]

HELVETAS SWISS INTERCOOPERATION

Multidimensional Poverty Analysis in La Paz, Tarija, and the Chaco Region of Santa Cruz [2020]

Impact Evaluation Development Efectiveness - 3IE

Impact Evaluation of Impact Evaluations in Policy: A Case Study of the PLANE Program in Bolivia [2011]

Instituto de Investigaciones Socio Económicas - IISEC

Research Paper: Intended and Unintended Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers to Elderly Adults: The Case of Renta Dignidad. ARU Foundation, Authors: Werner Hernani and Gary Mena [2015]

Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria INRA

Baseline for the Impact Evaluation of the Rural Sanitation and Land Titling Program BO-L1113 [2022]

International Development Research Centre - IDRC

Capacitación y mentoría en evaluación de impacto de políticas públicas, en el marco del proyecto Fortaleciendo la calidad de la investigación a través de la evaluación de impacto dirigida a Think Tanks de Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, Perú, Ecuador y Bolivia. [2016]

International Council for Science - ICSU & INGSA

Research Associates Grant Programme [2018]
Curso: Investigación y políticas públicas: ¿Cómo se logra la conexión? [2019]

IPAS Bolivia

Recolección y procesamiento de información para el diagnóstico de la atención en servicios de salud, con enfoque de género. [2023]
Investigación sobre discursos masculinos y derechos sexuales y derechos reproductivos [2023]

Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas Públicas del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia

Intermediate Excel Course, Intermediate Stata Course, and Prezi.

Ministerio de Hacienda de la República del Paraguay

Training on Impact Evaluation Methods for the Design of Evidence-Based Public Procurement Policies [2022]

Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito - UNODC

Línea Base para la Auditoria Local de Seguridad Ciudadana en el Municipio de El Alto [2024]

Organización Internacional del Trabajo - OIT

Impacto del COVID-19 en el empleo, informalidad y empresas en Bolivia, con propuestas de política, enfoque de género y énfasis en los jóvenes [2020]
La economía y la política de la cuestión indígena en Bolivia [2007]

Organización Internacional para las Migraciones - OIM

Estudio diagnóstico con enfoque de género sobre la situación de la trata de personas y el tráco ilícito de migrantes a nivel nacional. [2020]
Estudio sobre la relación entre migración y cambio climático en 6 municipios de tierras altas del territorio boliviano[2019]

Partnership for economic Policy - PEP ASIA

Encuesta: Sistema de Monitoreo Basado en la Comunidad en Bolivia CBMS [2013]

Programa de las Naciones Unidas Para el Desarrollo - PNUD

Paquetes de soluciones multidimensionales a partir del relevamiento de información cuantitativa y cualitativa para medir la pobreza en el Altiplano Sur de Oruro [2020]
Depuración de base de datos de la encuesta EMES [2009]