Publications
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Towards Comprehensive Care Systems for Gender Equity in Latin America: Evidence and Lessons from the Collaborative Research-Action Fund
In 2023, the Collaborative Research-Action Fund was launched to promote care policies and systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its purpose is to generate rigorous and applied evidence to build or sustain public care policies. It is based on partnerships among governments, academia, and civil society, with a feminist approach. The Fund is funded […]
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Edutainment, Savings and Empowerment in Rural Areas of Peru
This paper presents the results of a randomized five-episode soap opera that promotes prosavings attitudes, trust in financial institutions and female empowerment among women from poor, rural areas of the Peruvian highlands. Using administrative bank data, the results show a significant increase in savings balances 1.5 and 2 years after the intervention concluded, as well […]
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Training Entrepreneurs
Aid agencies and governments spend more than a billion US$ on entrepreneurship training annually. What have we learned about the effectiveness of training? We review research on entrepreneurship training. Classroom-based training remains the most popular method of training owners and managers of small firms. A meta-analysis shows that the standard training model has modestly positive […]
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Education as and for Justice in the Global South Case Studies from Nepal, Perú and Uganda
This book explores the transformative potential of education in achieving Sustainable Development Goals 13 (climate action), 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) and 10 (reduced inequalities). Examining case studies of secondary schooling in Nepal, Peru and Uganda, it critiques the established assumption of linear progress from education to social change. Instead, it argues for just-driven […]
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Gender Gaps in the Performance of Small Firms: Evidence from Urban Peru
Este documento estima la brecha de género en el rendimiento de las empresas en Perú utilizando datos representativos tanto de empresas formales como informales. En promedio, las empresas informales dirigidas por mujeres tienen menores ventas, productividad laboral y beneficios en comparación con sus homólogas dirigidas por hombres, con diferencias más pronunciadas cuando se controlan los […]
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Running Ahead or Moving Together? Individual and Group Consulting for Female Entrepreneurship
This study evaluates cost-effective strategies for transferring management skills to female entrepreneurs in urban Peru, particularly established SME owners and managers. Through a randomized experiment, researchers compare the impact of individual and group-based consulting on these groups. Both consulting formats led to better business practices and to sizable increases in sales (32%) and profits (24%), […]
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¿Cómo se configuran las barreras y facilitadores para la adopción de un programa de educación digital en matemática luego de la pandemia?
This study uses a qualitative approach to explore the barriers and facilitators to the adoption of the digital mathematics education program, Conecta Ideas Perú (CIP), by teachers in the post-pandemic Peruvian context. Through semi-structured interviews in 2022 and 2023, the experiences of four teachers from four public educational institutions were investigated. Framed within the Unified […]
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Equipos Itinerantes de Bienestar: Una apuesta por servicios de protección intersectoriales sensibles y respetuosos
Frente a las brechas en el acceso a servicios de atención socioemocional y erradicación de la violencia, los EIIB implementan espacios de diálogo y prevención junto a estudiantes, familias, docentes y directivos. La sistematización de esta experiencia muestra cómo la articulación intersectorial y el enfoque territorial permiten fortalecer el rol protector de la escuela y construir […]
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Human Capital Development New Evidence on the Production of Socio-Emotional Skills
We estimate a dynamic model of socio-emotional skill development between ages eight and 22 for a Peruvian cohort born in 1994. At age eight there is no wealth gradient, in contrast to cognitive skills. However, by age 12, inequalities emerge and widen through age 19, driven by differential household investments, and cross-productivity with cognitive skills. […]
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¿Cómo se entiende la resiliencia educativa en los países de América Latina y el Caribe?
El primer reporte del Observatorio AdaptED indaga sobre la presencia del concepto de resiliencia educativa, sus significados y prácticas en los países del Global Partnership for Education (GPE) considerando las características, retos y amenazas que atraviesan a nivel de sistema. Este análisis busca contribuir a la identificación y movilización de evidencias, así como a la […]
