Health and Nutrition
GRADE research in this area is focused on the analysis of issues such as the state of health and nutrition in Peru, how this related to social exclusion, socio-economic status and growth, as well as how it impacts on the ability of individuals and families to develop different capacities.
Senior Researchers
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Lorena Alcázar Valdivia
PhD en Economics - Washington University
Lorena has a BA in Economics from the Pacific University in Peru, a Master’s Degree in Political and International Economy from the Kiel Institute of World Economics, and a PhD in Economics from Washington University. She is currently a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE). Previously, she served as Vice-President […]
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Alan Sánchez Jiménez
PhD en Economics - University of Oxford
Alan has a DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford, where hi also holds a Master’s degree in Economics for Development. Currently, he holds dual affiliations as a Senior Researcher at the Oxford Department of International Development (ODID) at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of […]
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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 […]
Research Assistants
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Dianela Espinoza Fernández
BA en -
Dianela is an economist from the University of Piura. At GRADE, she supports Alan Sanchez in the “Young Lives at Work” and “Nutrition, Lifestyle, Genes and Metabolome – A Biosocial Cohort Study of Obesity and its Consequences for Non-Communicable Diseases in Young Adults from Urban Peru” projects.
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 […]
Publications
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Towards an inclusive and sustainable development in Latin America: dialogue between research and public policies
2016
Esta publicación es resultado del seminario internacional Hacia un Desarrollo Inclusivo y Sostenible en América Latina: Diálogos entre Investigación y Políticas Públicas, organizado por el Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) y el Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), el 25 y 26 de junio de 2014. Representa un esfuerzo de recopilación de lo más relevante y valioso […]
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JournalHealth Affairs
Assessing Latin America’s Progress Toward Achieving Universal Health Coverage
2015 Adam Wagstaff, Tania Dmytraczenko, Gisele Almeida, Leander Buisman, Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou, Caryn Bredenkamp, James A. Cercone, Daniel Maceira, Silvia Molina, Guillermo Paraje, Fernando Ruiz, Flavia Sarti, John Scott, Martin Valdivia, Heitor Werneck
Two commonly used metrics for assessing progress toward universal health coverage involve assessing citizens’ rights to health care and counting the number of people who are in a financial protection scheme that safeguards them from high health care payments. On these metrics most countries in Latin America have already “reached” universal health coverage. Neither metric […]
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JournalAnales de la Facultad de Medicina
El sistema regional de salud de San Martín y su política de reducción de la desnutrición infantil: aplicación en el Perú del énfoque de evaluación de sistemas de salud
2015 Pedro Mendoza, Patricia Mostajo, Aníbal Velásquez, Armando Cotrina, Miguel Jaramillo
Chronic infant malnutrition is one of the main public health issues in Peru and in the world. The objective of the study was to determine achievements and limitations of a regional policy against chronic infant malnutrition in a Region of Peru. For the qualitative study, the authors used the Health System Assessment Approach, as promoted […]
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JournalThe Journal of Nutrition
Participation in the Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Peru is associated with changes in child anthropometric status but not language development or school achievement
2015 Christopher T Andersen, Sarah A Reynolds, Jere R. Behrman, Benjamin Crookston, Kirk Dearden, Javier Escobal, Alan Sanchez, Subha Mani, Aryeh D Stein, Lia CH Fernald
It is unclear what effects a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program would have on child anthropometry, language development, or school achievement in the context of the nutrition transition experienced by many low- andmiddle-income countries. In this study the authors estimated the association of participation in Peru’s Juntos CCT with anthropometry, language development, and school achievement […]
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No se han encontrado publicaciones de Health and Nutrition en la categoría Working paper
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JournalPublic Health Nutrition
Breakfast and dietary balance: the enKid study: breakfast and performance
2001Santiago Cueto,
Evidence suggests that the effect of fasting on performance in not uniform, but it is dependent on the basal nutritional status of the subject.
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JournalJournal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Breakfast prevents delays of attention and memory functions among nutritionally at-risk boys
1998Santiago Cueto, ,
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JournalAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition
When science and politics listen to each other: good prospects from a new school breakfast program in Peru
1998, Santiago Cueto,
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JournalAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Fasting and cognition in well- and undernourished schoolchildren: a review of three experimental studies
1998, Santiago Cueto,
This paper reviews three experiments on the effects of an overnight and morning fast on attention and memory processes among 9-11-y-old children.
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No se han encontrado publicaciones de Health and Nutrition en la categoría Chapter in Book
No se han encontrado publicaciones de Health and Nutrition en la categoría Policy brief
No se han encontrado publicaciones de Health and Nutrition en la categoría Book
No se han encontrado publicaciones de Health and Nutrition en la categoría Mimeo
Projects
News
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Se presentaron primeros resultados de ronda 4 de encuestas del estudio Niños del Milenio, de GRADE
March 20, 2015 Education and learning, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Presentamos el Repositorio GRADE: 5 series editoriales, 159 publicaciones de libre acceso
February 23, 2015 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 equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
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GRADE entre los think tanks en política social más influyentes del mundo
January 22, 2015 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 equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
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Hasta el 21 de enero: convocatoria al taller metodológico del estudio Niños del Milenio
January 15, 2015 Education and learning, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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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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Events
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Santiago Cueto expondrá en Taller de Consulta Nacional organizado por la ONG Plan Internacional
14/01/2011 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Santiago Cueto expondrá en el II Congreso Iberoamericano y del Caribe de Adolescencia y Juventud, en Lima, Perú
12/08/2010 Colegio Médico del Perú (Av. 28 de julio, 776) Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Martín Valdivia participará en la II Reunión de Jefes de Epidemiología en las Américas
23/11/2009 → 25/11/2009 Hotel Plaza del Bosque (Avenida Paz Soldán 190; San Isidro) Health and nutrition
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Estudio de Niños del Milenio fue presentado en Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle
13/10/2009 Campus de la Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle (Circunvalacion S/N, Lurigancho-Chosica) Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Estudio cualitativo de Niños del Milenio será discutido con funcionarios de sectores público, privado y académico
21/07/2009 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
