Publicaciones de Industrias extractivas y manejo de conflictos
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Industrias extractivas y manejo de conflictos
Evidencias y Lecciones desde América Latina (ELLA por sus siglas en inglés) es un programa diseñado para ayudar a llenar el vacío de conocimiento sobre las evidencias generadas en políticas de desarrollo y lecciones aprendidas desde América Latina para investigadores, profesionales y hacedores de política en América Latina, África y Asia. El Grupo de Análisis […]
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Efectos del programa de transferencias condicionadas JUNTOS en el peso al nacer de los niños.
El presente estudio analiza el efecto del Programa de Transferencias Condicionadas JUNTOS en la salud neo-natal de niños y niñas que fueron expuestos al Programa durante la gestación. Asimismo, se explora si JUNTOS ha mejorado el cuidado de la salud pre-natal de las madres gestantes. Se estiman modelos de dobles diferencias, efectos fijos por madres […]
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Fe y Alegria schools in Peru: analysis of the institutional management and pedagogy model and lessons for public education
Fe y Alegría constitutes an example of a privately managed education system funded on a shared basis. In Peru, schools enjoy high levels of autonomy to set their guidelines and make decisions. Two studies show that Fe y Alegría schools have better internal efficiency and performance indicators than comparable public schools. By using interviews with […]
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Broken Gears: The Value Added of Higher Education on Teachers’ Academic Achievement
A growing literature establishes that good teachers are essential for high quality educational systems. However, little is known about teachers’ skills formation during their college years. In this paper we use a novel panel data set combining two standardized tests for Colombian students: one that is taken at the end of senior year in high […]
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The changing governance of education: a comparative political economy perspective on hybridity
This paper explores the changing governance of education in two distinct contexts: England and Peru. While there are major differences between these two cases, the paper argues that a common agenda can be identified where an increasing degree of organizational hybridity is patent—where the traditionally distinct goals and rationales of public and private sectors are […]
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Educational opportunities and learning outcomes of children in Peru: a longitudinal model
This collection brings together the latest evidence from Young Lives, a unique international study that focuses on children and poverty – particularly how poverty affects their development and their lives as children, and how children and their families respond to poverty. It shows how the persistence of inequality amid general economic growth is leaving some […]
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Measuring the Relative Pay of Latin American School Teachers at the turn of the 20th Century
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 documents the extent to which teachers are underpaid vis-à-vis workers in other professional and technical occupations in thirteen Latin-American countries circa 2007. It also analyses the […]
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Medios de comunicación, contenidos y comportamiento: algunos énfasis sobre la inclusión financiera
Este documento resume la literatura reciente sobre el rol de los medios de comunicación en el comportamiento social, haciendo particular énfasis en contenidos de inclusión social. El objetivo es crear consciencia sobre el importante rol que herramientas aparentemente “cotidianas” pueden tener sobre el cambio social, al ser empleadas de manera proactiva y positiva por hacedores […]
