Ideas and analysis on the challenges of the region

“The reform to the General System of Participations is poorly designed to decentralize and will soon lead to a counter-reform” El País (Spain) · November 8, 2024 See interview with Juan Lewin

Critical analysis of the SGP reform: why increasing resources without strengthening local institutional capacities dooms decentralization in Colombia to failure.

"Breaking the Pipeline?" Portfolio · October 27, 2025 See column by Julián López Murcia, PhD

Why the CRA's proposed tariff framework for water and sewage services, issued on the eve of elections, threatens the financial sustainability of the sector and would harm the most vulnerable users in the long term.

"Energy Security and Regulation" Portafolio · November 28, 2025 See column by Julián López Murcia, PhD

Why diversifying Colombia's energy matrix requires regulators capable of balancing credible long-term signals with innovation, given the systemic risks of an accelerated transition.

"Regionalization of water, now" Portafolio · December 11, 2025 See column by Julián López Murcia, PhD

Why does the extreme fragmentation in the provision of water services in Colombia —with more than 3,000 formal providers and up to 9,000 informal ones— require moving towards inter-municipal aggregation schemes, following experiences such as that of Portugal.

"The sanitation crisis in Bogotá" Portafolio · February 5, 2026 See column by Julián López Murcia, PhD

How the Constitutional Court's intervention opened a waiting period in the transition of the garbage collection model in Bogotá, and why that time should be used to prepare for a change that the two previous crises showed can be traumatic.

"Mergers in Education" Portfolio · February 19, 2026 See column by Julián López Murcia, PhD

Colombia needs regulatory frameworks and an institutional culture that facilitate mergers in education: combining complementary strengths, as some of the best universities in the world have done, is a more solid way than dispersion to face falling enrollments and rising costs.

"The Economy Behind the Vote" Gestión Newspaper (Peru) · February 6, 2026 See column by María Antonieta Merino

What a government plan reveals—and what it hides—when it fails to define its economic model: the signs voters should read before the Peruvian elections regarding the role of the market, private initiative, and state intervention.

"Politics without integrity incentives is no longer sustainable" - Gestión Newspaper (Peru) · March 6, 2026 See column by María Antonieta Merino

Why Peruvian political parties continue to nominate questionable candidates: when there are no real reputational costs, electoral incentives prevail over integrity standards.

"Without competition, economic agents lack the impetus that promotes change." Gestión Newspaper (Peru) · November 7, 2025 See column by María Antonieta Merino

Why regulatory rigidity and lack of competition in Peru stifle innovation: without creative destruction of frameworks that no longer work, there is no possible growth.

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September 26, 2020 See interview with Laura Vita Mesa

The partners of Nalanda Analytica presented the firm's approach at its launch: a consultancy specializing in regulatory analysis and design, behavioral science, and design thinking, organized collaboratively with a network of allied firms and international associate consultants, focused on impacting four fundamental social objectives: sustainability, inclusion, business development, and improved governance.