Working paper
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La Evolución de los Regímenes de Tenencia Colectiva de Tierras en Sociedades Pastoriles: Lecciones desde Países Andinos
Mucho se ha dicho sobre la importancia de los medios de vida pastoriles en el uso efectivo y sostenible de las tierras áridas alrededor del mundo. Más aún, las presiones ejercidas actualmente sobre el modo de vida de las sociedades pastoriles no tienen precedente. Estas presiones y las tendencias cambiantes ponen en peligro los medios de […]
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El efecto del Acompañamiento Pedagógico sobre los rendimientos de los estudiantes de escuelas públicas rurales del Perú
El principal objetivo de este estudio es evaluar el efecto sobre el rendimiento escolar del programa de capacitación laboral durante el servicio denominado Acompañamiento Pedagógico (AP, en adelante). Este programa, creado en el año 2008, fue uno de los pilares del Programa de Educación Logros de Aprendizaje (PELA). El PELA representa uno de los esfuerzos […]
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The Evolution of Collective Land Tenure Regimes in Pastoralist Societies: Lessons From Andean Countries
Much has been said about the importance of pastoralist livelihoods for the effective and sustainable use of the world’s drylands which cover approximately 40% of total land surface. Globally, drylands provide livelihoods to some two billion people, 90% of whom live in developing countries (UN, 2011). Pastoralism is the principle production system exercised in drylands […]
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Early childhood development: wealth, the nurturing environment and inequality first results from the PRIDI database
This paper presents findings from the Regional Project on Child Development Indicators, PRIDI for its acronym in Spanish. PRIDI created a new tool, the Engle Scale, for evaluating development in children aged 24 to 59 months in four domains: cognition, language and communication, socio-emotional and motor skills. It also captures and identifies factors associated with […]
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Psychosocial Competencies and Risky Behaviours in Peru
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The Impact of the Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Peru on Nutritional and Cognitive Outcomes: Does the Age of Exposure Matter?
In this study we revisit the impact of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) on child development, with an emphasis on the role of the age of exposure. We use longitudinal data from a unique paired-siblings sample of Peruvian children (the Young Lives study) to evaluate whether Juntos, a large-scale CCT implemented in Peru since 2005, has […]
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Accessing Higher Education in Developing Countries: Panel Data Analysis from India, Peru, and Vietnam
We use unique individual-level panel data from India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru, and Vietnam on a cohort of individuals surveyed from the age of 8 years to 19 years to study factors affecting enrolment in higher-education in these middle-income countries. We document (a) that similar to nationally representative data, the proportion having accessed higher-education at this […]
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Impacto de Educación Inicial Sobre Desempeño Académico
El Ministerio de Educación del Perú (MINEDU) lleva implementando en los últimos 5 años una ambiciosa campaña de expansión de la educación inicial, con el propósito de cerrar brechas en acceso a educación temprana. El objetivo de incrementar el acceso a educación inicial es mejorar la preparación de los estudiantes al ingresar a primaria a […]
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Impacts of the Peruvian conditional cash transfer program on women empowerment: a quantitative and qualitative approach
This study aims to identify the effects of the conditional cash transfer program of Peru, Juntos, on women’s empowerment. Although the program does not envisage women’s welfare as an objective per se, women play a key role as they are the main recipients of the cash transfer and are responsible for compliance with the program’s conditions and thus […]
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Impact Evaluation of the Job Youth Training Program Projoven
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