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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Relación entre embarazo adolescente y maternidad adolescente y resultados educativos y laborales: una aproximación a partir de datos de la ENDES
2019 Alan Sanchez
The international literature shows that teenage pregnancy is associated to negative results for the mother in terms of educational achievement and access to the labour market. However, there is limited evidence about this for the Peruvian case. Within this context, this study has three objectives. First, document the prevalence of teenage pregnancy in Peru between […]
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Consequences of teenage childbearing in Peru: is the extended school-day reform an effective policy instrument to prevent teenage pregnancy?
2019 Alan Sanchez, Marta Favara
In Peru, approximately 14 out of 100 female adolescents are mothers. Teenage childbearing is a major policy concern, as most studies point to a negative impact of early fertility on maternal outcomes and on the birth and future of the children. This paper investigates the role of extended school-day programmes, primarily seen as a means […]
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JournalEconomic Development and Cultural Change
Impact of Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Nutritional and Cognitive Outcomes in Peru: Comparison Between Younger and Older Initial Exposure
2019 Alan Sanchez, Guido Meléndez, Jere R. Behrman
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JournalRevista Económica, Sociedad y Estadística
Relación entre embarazo adolescente y maternidad adolescente y resultados educativos y laborales: una aproximación a partir de datos de la ENDES
2018 Alan Sanchez
A pesar de las mejoras observadas en el país en una serie de indicadores sociales y económicos, la prevalencia de madres adolescentes es alta (14,3% en 2017 según la metodología propuesta en este estudio), especialmente en zonas rurales (23,7%, versus 11,8% en zonas urbanas el 2017). Además de su magnitud, destaca el nivel de persistencia de esta prevalencia, la […]
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JournalOxford Development Studies
Smarter through social protection? Evaluating the impact of Ethiopia’s safety-net on child cognitive abilities
2018 Marta Favara, Catherine Porter, Tassew Woldehanna
Ethiopia’s productive safety net is the second largest Social Protection Program in sub-Saharan Africa and has been rolled out to almost 10 million beneficiaries since 2005; its effects are therefore of general interest. We provide the first estimates of its impact on children’s cognitive abilities. To identify impacts of this program, we exploit four rounds […]
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Peru: is identifying the poor the main problem in targeting nutritional programs?
2005Martin Valdivia,
The study analyzes the targeting performance of 3 public nutritional programs for children in Peru: the Vaso de Leche, the School Breakfast and an aggregate of programs (ECHINP) that focuses on the nutrition of children under 3.
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El seguro escolar gratuito y el seguro materno infantil: análisis de su incidencia e impacto sobre el acceso a los servicios de salud y sobre la equidad en el acceso
2004Miguel Jaramillo,
Estudio que intenta establecer si el Seguro Escolar Gratuito y el Seguro Materno Infantil aportaron a disminuir la brecha de acceso a los servicios de salud, redistribuyendo hacia los más pobres y mejorando la equidad.
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Evolución de la equidad en salud materno-infantil en el Perú: Endes 1986, 1991-1992, 1996 y 2000
2002Martin Valdivia,
Evolución (1986-2000) de indicadores del estado de salud del niño y de la madre y de aquéllos del uso de servicios públicos de salud; grado de inequidad existente en salud; y descripción de las prácticas en salud reproductiva de las mujeres.
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El beneficio de los caminos rurales: ampliando oportunidades de ingreso para los pobres
2002Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce,
Con hogares de algunos de los distritos más pobres del Perú, se compara hogares conectados a caminos rurales rehabilitados con hogares de control escogidos, mediante técnicas de propensity score matching.
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Acerca de la magnitud de la inequidad en salud en el Perú
2002Martin Valdivia,
Se muestra que la magnitud de las inequidades en salud y el uso de servicios de salud en el Perú es muy grande. La contribución del análisis empírico al abordaje de estos temas tiene dos componentes fundamentales.
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JournalRevista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
Efecto de un suplemento nutricional a base de lípidos en los niveles de hemoglobina e indicadores antropométricos en niños de cinco distritos de Huánuco, Perú
2015, , Lorena Alcazar, , , ,
This study aims to determine the effect of consumption of a lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) on hemoglobin levels, anemia and anthropometric indicators in children aged six to eleven months old in five districts in the province of Ambo in the region of Huanuco, Peru
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JournalRevista Peruana de Medicina Experimental
Impacto económico de la desnutrición crónica, aguda y global en el Perú
2013Lorena Alcazar, , , ,
Se estimó el impacto económico de la desnutrición infantil en dos horizontes temporales (incidental retrospectiva y prospectiva) para 2011, considerando los costos asociados a la desnutrición en salud, educación y productividad para la economía peruana.
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JournalEconomics & Human Biology
Height in mid childhood and psychosocial competencies in late childhood: Evidence from four developing countries
2013, Alan Sanchez,
We use longitudinal data from children growing up in four developing countries (Peru, India, Vietnam, Ethiopia) to study the relationship between height at the age of 7-8 and a set of psychosocial competencies measured at the age of 11-12 that are known to be correlated with earnings during adulthood: self-efficacy, self-esteem and aspirations. Results show […]
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Projects
News
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Ciencia y políticas frente a la epidemia, por Miguel Jaramillo
April 5, 2020 Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Health and nutrition
“La lección para el mediano plazo es muy clara: necesitamos invertir en un sistema de salud con capacidad de respuesta ante epidemias”. Miguel Jaramillo, investigador principal de GRADE, evalúa las políticas del Perú para enfrentar el coronavirus, comparándolas con algunas de las medidas de países como Corea y Chile. Lee sus conclusiones en su nuevo artículo […]
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Interview, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Hugo Ñopo talks with the Colombian media about the economic plan to face the impact of coronavirus in Peru
April 1, 2020 State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
“We have had 30 years of very good savings, of fiscal discipline, but also in those same years we have underinvested in people. Our investment in public health and education has been well below what our neighbors in the region invest and what that invests the developing world in general”. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, […]
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Comment, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Hugo Ñopo discussed in BBC Peru’s economic strategy to face coronavirus impact
March 31, 2020 Health and nutrition
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, shared his opinion with BBC News World on the opportunities and challenges of Peru’s economic plan to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The article explores the rationale behind the package of measures to revive the economy in the country. Savings after three decades of fiscal discipline and the low […]
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Bangkok: Members of GRADE joined the Think Tank Initiative 2018 as panelists and workshop participants
November 26, 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, Urbanization and sustainable cities
After almost a decade of organizational support, the Think Tank Initiative brought together representatives of think tanks, policymakers, donors and other research-to-policy actors for a final Think Tank Initiative Exchange to mark the last year of the program. This Exchange built on a decade of TTI lessons, experiences and insights on the challenges of building […]
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Alan Sánchez shares the main quantitative findings of Niños del Milenio/Young Lives Peru
July 24, 2018 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
We share a Southern Voice article by our senior researcher, Alan Sánchez, on the main quantitative findings of Niños del Milenio/Young Lives Peru. After tracking 2,750 children for 15 years in Peru, unique evidence about the role of social programs, differences in nutritional and educational trajectories, and skills formation, has been collected.
Events
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Seminario “Diálogo entre investigación y políticas públicas. Retos del desarrollo en el Perú de cara al bicentenario”
26/09/2016 → 27/09/2016 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
El lunes 26 de septiembre, a las 9:30 a.m., GRADE inaugura el seminario “Diálogo entre investigación y políticas públicas. Retos del desarrollo en el Perú de cara al bicentenario” con la presentación del Vicepresidente de Sectores y Conocimiento del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. La sesión inaugural será transmitida en vivo. En décadas recientes, el Perú ha […]
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Investigadores de GRADE participan en el congreso internacional de la Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos LASA 2016
27/05/2016 → 30/05/2016 Nueva York, Estados Unidos Education and learning, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
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GRADE celebra sus 35 años de vida institucional con la conferencia Avances recientes en la investigación y políticas para el desarrollo
25/11/2015 → 26/11/2015 3:30pm - 7:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) 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
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GRADE on live, Publication Presentation
Debatirán nuevos resultados del estudio internacional Niños del Milenio, de GRADE
17/03/2015 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Education and learning, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Conferencia de alto nivel y Taller Latinoamericano de Evaluación de Impacto: teoría y práctica aplicada a programas de agua potable, saneamiento, higiene, gestión de recursos hídricos e irrigación
16/03/2015 → 20/03/2015 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Auditorio Juan Julio Wicht de la Universidad del Pacífico Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
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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
