Poverty and Equity
The researchers in this area of GRADE develop methodologies for conducting research into the multi-disciplinary causes and characteristics of the mechanisms that sustain poverty , inequality and exclusion, as well as studies to identify opportunities for change.
Senior Researchers
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Martín Benavides Abanto (on leave)
PhD en Sociology - Pennsylvania State University
Martín Benavides has a PhD in Sociology from Pennsylvania State University where he also attained a Master’s Degree in Education Policy. He has a degree in Sociology and a BA in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and has been a visiting student on issues of social mobility and inequality at Nuffield College […]
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Juan José Díaz Noziglia
PhD en Economics - University of Maryland
Juan José Díaz has a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. His interests include the labor economy and evaluating social, educational, health and development programs.
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Javier Escobal D`Angelo
PhD en Economic Development - Wageningen University
Javier holds a PhD in Economic Development from Wageningen University, in the Netherlands, and a Master’s degree from New York University, where he also carried out doctoral studies in Economics. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. He is also Co-Researcher in the Young Lives/Niños del Milenio longitudinal study, which follows more than 2000 children during the […]
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Gabriela Guerrero Barnechea
PhD en Educational Sciences - KU Leuven
Gabriela Guerrero has a PhD in Educational Sciences from the KU Leuven in Belgium and a Master’s Degree in Development Studies with a major in Public Policy from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She is currently a […]
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Miguel Jaramillo Baanante
PhD en History - University of California
Miguel Jaramillo has a degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He completed his graduate studies in Economics and History at the University of California, where he received a PhD in History. His areas of interests are labor economics, social policy and institutional analysis. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. […]
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Juan León Jara-Almonte
PhD en - Pennsylvania State University
Juan has a PhD in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative & International Education from Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences with mention in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE. His research interests are inequality in education, intercultural bilingual education, early […]
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Vanessa Rojas Arangoitia
PhD en - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Vanessa holds a PhD in Sociology from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She has a degree in Anthropology and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Her work has focused on the anthropology of education and childhood, addressing issues of educational transitions, child welfare, educational quality and power relations. During 2012, she […]
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Alan Sánchez Jiménez
PhD en Economics - University of Oxford
Alan has a DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. He also holds a master degree in Economics for Development from Oxford. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE, a Senior Researcher at Young Lives Peru, and a Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Department of International Development. He teaches on quantitative methodologies for impact […]
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Máximo Torero Cullen (de licencia)
PhD en Economics - University of California, Los Angeles
Maximo received a PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Economics and held a postdoctoral fellow position at the UCLA Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR). Currently, he is the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Prior to joining FAO, he was the World Bank Group Executive Director for […]
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Martín Valdivia Huaringa
PhD en Applied Economics - University of Minnesota
Martin Valdivia has a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota. He has worked as a Senior Researcher at GRADE since 1993. His fields of interest include entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, rural development and more recently democratic governance, with publications in journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Development […]
Adjunct Researchers
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Claudia Sugimaru Arakaki
Máster en Educational Sciences - KU Leuven
Claudia holds a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences from KU Leuven in Belgium and a degree in Psychology with a major in Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Currently, she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE.
External Consultants
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Paulo César Carrasco Fernández
Degree en - Pedro Ruíz Gallo National University
Paulo holds a Degree in Sociology from the National University Pedro Ruiz Gallo in Lambayeque and is a member of the Professional Board of Sociologists in Peru (Colegio de Sociólogos del Perú). Currently he is a Field Supervisor of the Childhood, Violence and Development Project funded by Bernard van Leer Foundation.
Project Support Staff
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Mónica Lizama Egoavil
Degree en - National Agrarian University
Mónica studied Statistical and Computer Science Engineer at the National University Agrarian La Molina. Currently she is the Data Manager for Young Lives in Peru. Before joining Young Lives, Mónica worked as a statistics assistant at the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics (INEI) and the International Nutrition Institute (IIN).
External Affiliated Researchers
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Jere R. Behrman
Ph.D. en - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Behrman is a leading international researcher in empirical microeconomics, with emphasis on developing economies. He is also a Research Associate at Penn’s Population Studies Center. His research interests include empirical microeconomics, labor economics, human resources (early childhood development, education, health, nutrition), project evaluation, economic demography, incentive systems and household behaviors. The unifying dimension of […]
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Marta Favara
PhD en - University of Essex
Marta is a Senior Researcher at the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford where she is leading the quantitative research agenda of Young Lives since 2015. She is also a Research Fellow at the Oxford Martin School Programme on African Governance and an IZA Research Affiliate. Before joining Young Lives, she […]
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Carmen Ponce San Román
PhD en Economics - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Carmen Ponce is an External Affiliated Researcher at GRADE and is currently affiliated as Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University (Toronto, Canada). She has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a MSc. In Economics from the University of Texas […]
Publications
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JournalRevista Peruana de Investigación Educativa
Factores de eficacia escolar en el uso de laptops del programa OLPC
2011 Micaela Wensjoe, Santiago Cueto, Alan Sanchez, Olga Namen
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Heterogeneidad espacial y dinámicas de pobreza
Pensamiento económico y cambio social: homenaje a Javier Iguíñiz2014 Carmen Ponce, Javier Escobal
This study highlights the centrality of the spatial dimension in the statistical analysis of well-being, an analysis that seeks to support decision-making in some areas of public policy. It should be noted that the aims of the study do not include the definition and validation of a conceptual framework; rather, they are focused on more […]
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JournalThe Business and Economics Research Journal
Minimum Wage and Job Mobility
2014 Nikita Céspedes, Alan Sanchez
Se estudia los efectos de cambios en el salario mínimo utilizando una base de datos que registra siete cambios consecutivos de este indicador (entre los años 2002 y 2011).
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PRIDI. Regional Project on Child Development Indicators. Urgency and Possibility. First Initiative of Comparative Data on Child Development in Latin America.
2014 Aimee Verdisco, Santiago Cueto, Jennelle Thompson, Patrice Engle, Oliver Neuschmidt, Sebastian Meyer, Eugenio González, Beatriz Oré, Katelyn Hepworth, Alejandra Miranda
The Regional Project on Child Development Indicators, or PRIDI, for its acronym in Spanish, was formally launched in December of 2009 by the Inter-American Development Bank. The first initiative of its kind worldwide, PRIDI seeks to generate high quality and regionally comparable data on child development outcomes. This report summarizes the implementation of the project […]
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Spotlight on organisations: smallholder farmers and rural development
2014 Manuel Glave
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Sesgos en la medición de la inflación en contextos inflacionarios: el caso peruano
1994Javier Escobal,
The possible overvaluation of the Consumer Price Index of Metropolitan Lima has been a problem that has been worrying academics, decision makers and public opinion in general for some time now. Many are unaware that the overestimation of the Gross Domestic Product per capita and of the exchange rate lag, or the underestimation of the […]
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Efectos de la política monetaria sobre el mercado de acciones
1993, ,
Este trabajo investiga la relación de corto plazo entre la política monetaria y los retornos bursátiles (tanto para acciones industriales como mineras) para el caso peruano durante el periodo 1984-1991.
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Un indicador del nivel de actividad de la economía peruana en base a un modelo de variables latentes
1993Javier Escobal,
En el documento se plantea la construcción de un indicador del nivel de actividad económica para el Perú a partir de un conjunto de series de tiempo de fácil acceso (series de producción, empleo, ingresos, etc).
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Algunas cuestiones sobre la “libre elección educativa”
1993,
Una respuesta al artículo de Astin que sostiene
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Projects
News
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Estudiantes latinoamericanos mejoran su rendimiento
January 14, 2015 Education and learning, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, State reform and public institutions
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Santiago Cueto sobre pronunciamiento del CNE en torno a resultados obtenidos por el Perú en la prueba TERCE
December 22, 2014 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, State reform and public institutions
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Alan Sánchez presentó “Impacto del programa JUNTOS sobre desarrollo infantil: evidencia de Niños del Milenio y más”
December 17, 2014 Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
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Investigadores de GRADE dictaron talleres metodológicos, participaron en simposios y presentaron ponencias en el IV Seminario Nacional de la SIEP
November 24, 2014 Education and learning, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, State reform and public institutions
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Juan León participó en discusión de los primeros resultados de la implementación de la agenda de desarrollo post 2015 a nivel nacional
November 17, 2014 Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality
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Events
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La Educación Intercultural Bilingüe: prioridad de política pública
16/08/2012 8:30 am Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Se realizará la XVIII reunión anual de la Red de Desigualdad y Pobreza (NIP)
20/04/2012 Universidad de Columbia, Nueva York Poverty and equality
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Se analizará relación entre cambio climático y políticas para la reducción de la pobreza
22/03/2012 4:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
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Javier Escobal será panelista de evento en Puno coorganizado por el MIDIS, BM Y GRADE
10/02/2012 Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Se presentará la publicación ¿Quién se queda atrás? del estudio Niños del Milenio
07/02/2012 8:30 am Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities
