About LIDE

Established in 2020, the Ecuadorian Development Research Lab (LIDE, for its initials in Spanish) is a research center that seeks to promote public policy elaboration based on scientific evidence.

Our mission

To inform public policy elaboration through empirical research.

Our objectives

Elaborate and publish scientific studies in various study areas through different means of scientific publication and communication.

Make the study results available to public and private institutions for public policy-making.

Cooperate with academic institutions, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, non-profit organizations and people that want to develop or execute development programs.

Promote academic cooperation with governmental and nongovernmental organizations as well as individuals in order to conduct decision-making processes based on scientific evidence.

Our activities

At the Ecuadorian Development Research Lab (LIDE), we carry out activities related to social research, especially in areas such as employment, entrepreneurship, education, corruption, family, gender, nutrition, health, savings and credit.

Impact evaluation
We measure the effects of public policies and their impact on socioeconomic development.
Descriptive and exploratory studies
We describe the nature of a problem before proposing a solution.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence
We develop algorithms to understand and/or predict social characteristics and behavior.
Data collection
We collect new information through survey and administrative data collection, as well as web scraping, in order to reveal and analyze new social issues.