Projects of Poverty and equality
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Training for development: recent progress and policy lessons
This Project continues with the academic research and diffusion efforts and policy spaces of some recent studies on training as a mechanism for transmission of information and knowledge of practices to help beneficiaries develop their potential, and support them and/or their families to overcome their poverty and vulnerability condition. Previous studies focused on the training […]
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Support in the preparation of a preliminary results-based design proposal for the Qali Warma National School Nutritional Program
Lorena Alcázar was assigned to provide support to the technical team that will prepare a preliminary results-based design proposal for the Qali Warma National School Nutritional Program. She will also be responsible for organizing and moderating workshops and work meetings for the preparation, discussion and validation of the program.
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Administration of the PEP-PAGE project
The PEP network (Partnership for Economic Policy) will continue its support strategy for research development on poverty matters by researchers from developing countries during the next three years. This time, however, specific subjects have been defined: labor market institutions, social protection and its connection with the labor market and entrepreneurism. GRADE will continue supporting the […]
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Mini-novels, financial education and savings promotion
The purpose is to evaluate an intervention to promote saving among the beneficiary women of the Juntos program by exposing them to some socio-dramas transmitting messages favoring savings, with characters and stories close to their reality. The research design also allows analyzing the relative effectiveness of messages when a contest about episodes and messages is […]
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One Laptop per Child at home. Supervision, monitoring and training workshops for teachers and pupils
This Project allows the supervision, monitoring and training of teachers and students in the use of internet and online educational programs within the framework of “One Laptop per Child at home. Technology and human capital: interventions at home: general supervision, training and monitoring” that GRADE is performing.
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Pilot and design of qualitative methodologies for the study of chronic poverty in Latin America and The Caribbean
The purpose of the project is to set up a battery of qualitative instruments to be used as pilots in the cities of Piura and Lima during the month of June, after which a set of appropriate instruments will be designed for the qualitative component of a longitudinal study on chronic poverty to be performed […]
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Indicators on violence against children in Peru
The Project will carry out the systematization of all information on violence against children in Peru. An analysis will be performed of the module on child abuse and violence in ENDES 2000-2011 homes. Finally, an alternate module on child abuse will be designed conducted as pilot and analyzed for ENDES and coordination of the process […]
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Annual monitoring of informal economy in Peru
The project seeks to monitor a sample of urban street vendors and to analyze the form in which economic trends, urban policies and other external factors affect them over the course of four years. This constitutes part of a study currently being performed in 10 cities worldwide. The study involves a quantitative analysis assigned to […]
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Expansion of rural micro financing services for people with low income through community banking in Paraguay
The study will contain a thorough plan for the prospective assessment of the Project “Expansion of rural micro financing services for people with low income through community banking in Paraguay”, financed by the Multilateral Investments Fund (FOMIN) and developed by Financiera El Comercio (FIELCO). The project expects to provide support the creation of 2470 community […]
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Support in reviewing the design of the JUNTOS program so that it is results based
The Project consists in offering support in reformulating the design of the JUNTOS program within the framework of the Results-based Budget (PPR) based on the logical framework approach. On this basis, methodological assistance will be provided to the team of the JUNTOS program with regard to the aspects that must be strengthened and modified to […]
