Education and Learning
In the past several years, there have been improvements in Peruvian education. For example, enrollment rates have increased, and there is an observable trend toward improvement in standardized test scores. However, there is still much to be done in terms of the quality, equality, and relevance of education in Peru.
Therefore, all GRADE studies focus on identifying the existing challenges for the Peruvian educational system in achieving its intended impact on society. In these studies, GRADE researchers place significant emphasis on educational inequality. As such, our researchers have conducted studies on the effects of poverty, living in rural areas, race and ethnicity (with a focus on indigenous peoples and the Afro-Peruvian community), and disability on educational opportunities and success. GRADE researchers have likewise incorporated a gender component into many studies.
Informed by these studies as well as others, GRADE researchers have been directly involved in policy debates in numerous sectors of government, including those of the Ministry of Education and other institutions working on topics in education.
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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María Balarin Bonazzi
PhD en Educational Policy - University of Bath
María is a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) where she has a broad portfolio of both applied and academic research. Her applied work focuses on the analysis and qualitative evaluation of educational and social policies, with a special focus on processes of policy implementation. Her academic work has mostly focused […]
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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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Santiago Cueto Caballero
PhD en Educational Psychology - Indiana University
Santiago Cueto holds a degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a PhD in the same field from Indiana University in the United States. He has been a Visiting Researcher at the University of California at Davis and the University of Oxford. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE, […]
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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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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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Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui
M.A. en Sociology - Johns Hopkins University
Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui graduated in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She obtained her MA and concluded her doctoral studies in Sociology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She has worked for GRADE as a Senior Researcher since 1985 and was Executive Director of the institution between 1988 and 1998. Her […]
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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 […]
Associated Researchers
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Carmela Chávez Irigoyen
PhD en - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Carmela Chávez Irigoyen holds a PhD in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where she also obtained a Degree in Sociology and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences. She has a Master’s Degree in Advanced Studies in Human Rights and a Master’s Degree in Fundamental Rights from the Carlos III University in Madrid. […]
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Néstor Valdivia Vargas
PhD candidate en Sociology - El Colegio de México
Néstor Valdivia is studying for a PhD in Sociology at El Colegio de México and holds a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He is currently an Associate Researcher at GRADE in the fields of poverty and equality, education, the labor market and human development. He has worked on development and […]
Adjunct Researchers
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Antonio Campos Flores
PhD candidate en - University of San Andrés, Argentina
Antonio is a PhD Candidate in Economics from the University of San Andrés in Argentina. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of San Andrés and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. He has been a coordinator of educational policy evaluations at the Ministry of […]
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Liliana Miranda Molina
Master en - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Liliana has a master’s degree in Education Research from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). She worked at the Ministry of Education (MINEDU), first as Head of MINEDU’s Quality Measurement Unit and then as Vice-Minister of Pedagogical Management. Currently, Liliana is an Adjunct […]
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María Fernanda Rodríguez García
Master en - Cambridge University
María Fernanda holds a master’s degree in Education, Globalization & International Development from Cambridge University in United Kingdom and a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She returns to GRADE as an Adjunct Researcher.
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Paola Sarmiento Huerta
Master in Arts en - University of British Columbia
Paola holds a MA on Educational Policy from University of British Columbia (UBC) and has a degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She has been part of educational reform processes in Peru such as the Public Teaching Career and the University Reform. In addition, she has been a member of the […]
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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.
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Jessica Tapia Soriano
Master en - Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO)
Jessica holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences with an orientation on Education from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Argentina. Currently she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE and the Pedagogical Coordinator of the Growing with Multigrade Rural Schools in Peru (CREER) Project.
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Verónica Villarán Bedoya
Master en - Social Sciences with an orientation on Education
Verónica holds a Degree in Social Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a Master’s degree in Social Sciences with an orientation on Education from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) in Argentina. Between 2011 and 2014 she worked at the Ministry of Education, first as Director of Educational Research and Documentation and […]
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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David Baker
PhD en - Johns Hopkins University
David P. Baker is Professor of Education and Sociology at the Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on the impact of education on individuals and societies, international comparisons of school organization, academic outcomes, and educational policy. His most recent book is The Schooled Society: The Educational Transformation of Global Culture. Palo Alto CA: Stanford University […]
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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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Marjorie Chinen
PhD en - University of California
Marjorie is a Ph.D. in Education with emphasis on Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Research Methodology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has over 15 years of experience in project management, technical assistance, research and fieldwork in international development. She has led multiple projects in different areas of education, and designed and […]
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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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Sonia Laszlo
PhD en - University of Toronto
Sonia Laszlo is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development. Her main research areas cover many aspects of applied microeconomic analysis in economic development: rural development, access to markets, and the relationship between income, health and education in economic development. In addition to using traditional analytic tools […]
Visiting Researchers
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Claudia Galindo
PhD en - Pennsylvania State University
Claudia holds a Ph.D. in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative & International Education from Pennsylvania State University, and a post-doctoral degree in Social Organization of Schools from Johns Hopkins University. She is an Associated Professor at University of Maryland, Baltimore County where she teaches in the fields of educational inequalities, inmigration and research methodologies.
Publications
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COVID-19 Could Reverse Two Decades of Progress: Emerging Policy Recommendations to Support Young People in Developing Countries
2021 Santiago Cueto, Alula Pankhurst, Renu Singh, Nguyen Thang
New research from the Young Lives COVID-19 phone survey in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam paints a worrying picture of how the economic and social impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and related restrictions could not only halt progress made over the last two generations, but could also reverse life chances and entrench existing inequalities for many […]
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Políticas de educación superior y procesos de internacionalización: el caso peruano a la luz de la reforma universitaria
Políticas públicas para la internacionalización de la educación superior en América Latina2020 Carmela Chávez, Santiago Torres Manrique
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Las pedagogías invisibles de género en escuelas multigrado rurales Análisis de prácticas pedagógicas
2020 Themis Castellanos, María José Sánchez
Este informe presenta los hallazgos del procesamiento y análisis de la información recolectada en el estudio realizado por el proyecto CREER en Cajamarca, Piura y Loreto durante el segundo semestre del año escolar 2019. El objetivo de este estudio era hacer un análisis de género de las prácticas pedagógicas de un conjunto de escuelas multigrado […]
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La educación multigrado: debates, problemas y perspectivas
2020 Liliana Miranda
En el mundo rural, el rostro de la educación peruana es la escuela multigrado. Por esta razón, el proyecto CREER tiene como objetivo mejorar los aprendizajes y las condiciones de bienestar en las escuelas rurales multigrado primarias castellanohablantes del Perú. En este marco se inscribe el presente documento, elaborado por Liliana Miranda, que busca ofrecer […]
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JournalJournal of Development Economics
The value of redistribution: Natural resources and the formation of human capital under weak institutions
2020 Jorge Aguero, Carlos Felipe Balcázar, Stanislao Maldonado, Hugo Ñopo
Researchers exploit time and spatial variation generated by the commodities boom to measure the effect of natural resources on human capital formation in Peru, a country with low governance indicators. Combining testscores from over two million students and district-level administrative data of mining taxes redistributed to localgovernments, they find sizable effects on student learning from […]
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Características psicosométricas de desarrollo cognitivo e instrumentos de rendimiento en la tercera ronda de Niños del Milenio / Young Lives
2013Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon,
Esta nota técnica brinda detalles sobre la confiabilidad y validez de las pruebas aplicadas en la tercera ronda de Niños del Milenio / Young Lives.
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Charting progress in learning outcomes in Peru using national assessments
2013, Juan Leon, Santiago Cueto,
Se analiza evidencia reciente sobre logros de aprendizaje en el Perú desde 3 puntos de vista: niveles de logro de aprendizaje, brechas de equidad en los logros de aprendizaje y la relación entre logros de aprendizaje y características de los maestros.
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What works to improve teacher attendance in developing countries? A systematic review
2012Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, , Claudia Sugimaru, Santiago Cueto,
Se presenta un reporte en base a la revisión sistemática de estudios sobre la efectividad de las intervenciones dirigidas a aumentar la asistencia docente en países en desarrollo, medida por el índice de asistencia de los docentes.
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Educación y ciudadanía: Análisis de la relación entre trayectoria educativa, literacidad, êthos y praxis política en una muestra de adultos de un distrito de los Andes peruanos
2012,
Se pretende entender qué sucede hoy en día en un espacio determinado del Perú en relación con el ejercicio de la ciudadanía, y su vínculo con los que podrían ser los factores determinantes -en este caso, la educación-.
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Evolution of Teachers’ Salaries in Latin America at the Turn of the 20th Century: How Much Are They (Under or Over) Paid?
2012,
How much are teachers paid in comparison to those in other professions in Latin America? How have these differences evolved at the turn of the 20th century? This paper reports the evolution, between circa 1997 and circa 2007, of teachers´ salaries vis-à-vis workers in other professional and technical occupations for thirteen Latin-American countries. After controlling […]
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JournalCuadernos de economía
Measuring the impact of assest complementarities: the case of rural Perú
2005Javier Escobal, Maximo Torero,
The exact type, critical mass, and combination of public and private assets needed to move out of poverty have not been sufficiently studied.
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JournalFood and nutrition bulletin
Height, weight, and education achievement in rural Peru
2005Santiago Cueto,
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JournalJournal of nutrition
Maternal education and intelligence predict offspring diet and nutritional status
2005Santiago Cueto, , , ,
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JournalInfant Behavior and Development
Structure and cross-contextual stability of neonatal temperament
2004Santiago Cueto, , ,
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Regional databases and S&T development indicators problems, achievements and utilization of grade’s Latin American database
Les indicateurs de science pour les pays en developpment: science indicators for developing countries1992Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui,
GRADE has accumulated a large volume of S&T and socio-economic indicators gathered in a database. It purpose is to maintain updated statistical data which can be used to monitor the evolution of scientific production in the region.
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Comparative indicators of the results of scientific and technological research in Latin America
Economic and social progress in Latin America: 1988 report -
Indicadores comparativos de los resultados de la investigación científica y tecnológica en la América Latina
Progreso económico y social en América Latina: Informe 1988 -
Reflexiones sobre medio ambiente, tecnología y desarrollo
Conocimiento y desarrollo: ensayos sobre ciencia y tecnología1988
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Las dos civilizaciones y el proceso de desarrollo
Conocimiento y desarrollo: ensayos sobre ciencia y tecnología1988
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Projects
News
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GRADE among the most influential social policy think tanks worldwide, according to University of Pennsylvania
January 30, 2018 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, 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
For the eighth consecutive year, GRADE has been distinguished among the Top Social Policy Think Tanks in the world —29th place—, according to 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. This study, conducted by the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program at the University of Pennsylvania, classified 7815 organizations around the world in global and regional lists and by […]
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GRADE, through FORGE, was acknowledged as 2017 Ally for Education by the Ministry of Education
December 6, 2017 Education and learning
El Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE), a través del proyecto Fortalecimiento de la Gestión de la Educación en el Perú (FORGE), con el apoyo financiero del gobierno de Canadá, es una de las 52 instituciones privadas que obtuvieron el reconocimiento del Ministerio de Educación como Aliados por la Educación 2017. Aliados por la Educación tiene […]
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Inclusive education: What can be done to achieve it?
November 27, 2017 Education and learning
How can we achieve a truly inclusive education? In an exchange of e-mails, Mariana Rodríguez, chair at Laureate in Peru, and Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, discusses discrepancies and found matching points to address the challenge of improving education in our country. The article was published by El Comercio.
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Hugo Ñopo: “Gender equity is not a ‘women issue'”
October 16, 2017 Education and learning, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship
“It is often wrong to talk about gender as a ‘women issue’. First because equity is a moral issue, and second, for economic reasons. Productivity of the country is going to improve only to the extent that we use the full potential of our human capital”. Read El Comercio‘s interview to our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, on gender equity in […]
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Hugo Ñopo: We must not fear the evaluation
October 10, 2017 Education and learning, State reform and public institutions
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, criticizes the various legislative initiatives to rethink the teacher achievement test: “The fact is that those who are not up to the country’s education have to step aside for the good of the system. Today, they are given up to three opportunities to pass the test and stay in the teacher career”.
Events
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Our researchers are speakers and discussants at CIES XXXVI Annual Research Seminar 2018
06/11/2018 → 07/11/2018 Hotel José Antonio Deluxe, Calle Bellavista 133, Miraflores (2 - 3 Av. Pardo) Education and learning, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
Our researchers will be speakers and discussants at the CIES XXIX Annual Research Seminar, this year tackling the theme “Peru to 2021: Where are we and what are the challenges? On Tuesday 6, November, we will held a research session on natural resources management and sustainability. Our researchers, Manuel Glave and Elena Borasino, will present the study “Forest governance and sustainability […]
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Hugo Ñopo will be a speaker at the Congress of the Republic technical roundtable on the Ministry of Education role in the relation between teachers and schools against child sexual abuse
05/10/2018 3:00 pm Edificio Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre del Congreso de la República Education and learning
On the sidelines of the activities of the Congress of the Republic Commission for Investigating Sexual Abuses against Minors in Organizations, our Senior Researcher Hugo Ñopo, will be a speaker at the technical roundtable on the role of the Ministry of Education regarding teachers and private schools facing child sexual abuse. In his remarks, Hugo will address […]
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Buenos Aires: Santiago Cueto will be a panelist at an international meeting on digital education
29/08/2018 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm Cámara de Industria y Comercio Argentino-Alemana (Av. Corrientes 327, Buenos Aires, Argentina) Education and learning
The Laboratory for Innovation and Educational Justice of the Center for the Implementation of Public Policy for Equity and Growth (EduLab) and Ceibal Foundation, with the support of the International Development Research Center, held the open meeting “Present and future of digital education in Latin America”, on Wednesday, August 29, in Buenos Aires. Our Executive Director, Santiago […]
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Santiago Cueto will be a speaker at the Educating with Evidence International Conference held by the Ministry of Education of Chile
23/08/2018 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Hotel Crowne Plaza, Santiago de Chile, Chile Education and learning
Which are the international experiences on the use of evidence for designing better public policies in education? Our Executive Director, Santiago Cueto, will be a speaker at the Education with Evidence International Conference: Public Policies based on measurement, held by the Curriculum and Evaluation Unit of the Ministry of Education of Chile.
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Investigadores de GRADE en el congreso anual 2018 de la Asociación Peruana de Economía
02/08/2018 → 03/07/2018 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Universidad de Piura (Av. Ramón Mugica 131, Urb. San Eduardo, Piura) Education and learning
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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