Publications
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Implementación de un programa piloto para el fortalecimiento de organización(es) que lideran iniciativas de cuidados comunitarios en territorios periurbanos de Cartagena, Bolívar.
Este policy brief sintetiza los resultados del proyecto piloto de investigación-acción participativa implementado en sectores periurbanos de Cartagena. La iniciativa diagnosticó el funcionamiento de 22 iniciativas comunitarias de cuidado en 10 barrios periféricos y ejecutó planes de fortalecimiento técnico y dotación material con tres organizaciones priorizadas. La investigación constata que las iniciativas comunitarias constituyen una […]
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Promoting gender justice in care for older people in poor communities in Brazil: The case of the Elder Care Program.
This policy brief gathers the findings of the study on promoting gender justice in the care of dependent elderly people in vulnerable communities. The research assesses the impact of the Maior Cuidado Program (PMC) —launched in Belo Horizonte and expanded to municipalities like Salvador and Contagem— which provides between 10 and 20 hours of home […]
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Promover la justicia de género en la atención a las personas mayores en comunidades pobres de Brasil: El caso del Programa de Cuidados Mayores.
Este policy brief reúne los hallazgos del estudio sobre la promoción de la justicia de género en la atención a personas mayores dependientes en comunidades vulnerables. La investigación evalúa el impacto del Programa Maior Cuidado (PMC) —iniciado en Belo Horizonte y expandido a municipios como Salvador y Contagem—, el cual proporciona entre 10 y 20 […]
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Estrategias adaptativas de las familias rurales en contextos de crisis: el caso del COVID-19 en la provincia de Yauyos, Perú
This article examines the adaptive strategies employed by Andean farming families in the province of Yauyos (Peru) to cope with the multidimensional crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and how these strategies relate to long-term processes of rural change. The main findings indicate that COVID-19 acted as a catalyst, bringing to light and exacerbating preexisting […]
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We are all researchers: the co-creation experience of the IV course on social sciences for conservation at the Cocha Cashu Biological Station in Manu National Park, Peru
Since 1969, the Cocha Cashu Biological Station (EBCC) has focused on studying Amazonian landscapes known for their high biodiversity and low levels of human intervention. To bridge the gap between social research and conservation biology, the Social Sciences for Conservation Course was launched in 2018. In 2025, the course included male and female indigenous youth […]
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Remote tutoring for learning recovery: Experimental evidence from a low-tech intervention in Peru
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated global educational inequalities, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, where prolonged school closures disrupted continuity of learning. In Peru, these disruptions led to significant declines in students’ mathematics performance. This paper evaluates the impact of Desafía-T a Aprender, a remote tutoring program implemented in the Peruvian highlands to address pandemic-related learning […]
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Trayectorias en tensión: género, desigualdad, maternidades tempranas e interrupción de la secundaria en el Perú
What happens before a teenage girl drops out of school? This study examines how inequalities that accumulate from childhood onward can limit educational continuity and opportunities for girls, adolescents, and young women in Peru. Based on more than 20 years of data from the Niños del Milenio (Young Lives Peru) longitudinal study and a qualitative […]
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Nuevos escenarios del sistema universitario en Perú. Expansión y debilitamiento institucional
The data compilation, undertook by the authors, makes it possible, on the one hand, to reconstruct the events and institutional processes through which the dismantling of the reforms promoted during the 2014–2022 period was conceived and implemented; and, on the other hand, to identify the key actors and their public actions in the context of […]
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Del reconocimiento a la retribución: La certificación de competencias de madres cuidadoras y facilitadoras del Programa Nacional Cuna Más
This study analyzes the skills certification processes implemented by the National Cuna Más Program (PNCM) in Peru, aimed at mothers who are caregivers in the Day Care Service (SCD) and facilitators in the Family Support Service (SAF). Certification was incorporated as a non-monetary incentive to recognize the skills acquired by caregivers in the course of […]
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Do political preferences affect policy learning and uptake? EGAP Brief 86
This study examines whether political preferences shape citizens’ uptake of and learning about government programs, using Brazil’s Individual Microentrepreneur Program (MEI). MEI offers informal entrepreneurs subsidized access to social security and business-related incentives and was introduced under President Lula. The authors randomly assigned MEI-eligible informal entrepreneurs in Rio de Janeiro to a control group, a […]
