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. He also holds a master degree in Economics for Development from Oxford. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE, a Senior Researcher at Young Lives Peru, and a Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Department of International Development. He teaches on quantitative methodologies for impact […]
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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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JournalAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition
When science and politics listen to each other: good prospects from a new school breakfast program in Peru
1998 Enrique Jacoby, 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 Enrique Jacoby, 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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Anemia y deficiencia de hierro en adolescentes escolares en Lima, Perú
1998 Nelly Zavaleta, Mónica Echeandía, Graciela Respicio, Santiago Cueto
Frente a los efectos negativos que tiene la anemia sobre la salud de las poblaciones, especialmente en la mujer en edad fértil, se desarrolló un estudio en un grupo de mujeres al inicio de su edad reproductiva.
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Evaluation of a school breakfast program in Peru
Nutrition, health, and child development1998 Enrique Jacoby, Santiago Cueto
The methods and main findings from two studies in Huaraz in one of the five departments targeted for assessing the educational and nutritional impact of the school breakfast program.
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JournalNutrition reviews
School breakfast and cognition among nutritionally at-risk children in the peruvian andes
1996 Santiago Cueto, Enrique Jacoby
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Projects
News
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Santiago Cueto dictó conferencia sobre Niños del Milenio
September 12, 2008 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Este lunes 8 de septiembre se inauguró exposición de fotos de Niños del Milenio en la PUCP
September 8, 2008 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Javier Escobal y Santiago Cueto visitan la Universidad de Oxford
September 5, 2008 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Política pública y desarrollo infantil
September 19, 2006 Health and nutrition
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Conferencia a cargo del director del IFPRI
April 24, 2006 Rural development and agriculture, Health and nutrition
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Events
- 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
