Projects of Poverty and equality
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Study about Afro-descendant children in Peru
The Project is a continuation of the report on Afro-Peruvian children and adolescents, prepared by a team of professionals for UNICEF and it consists on an additional analysis of the interviews conducted and of their relation to the part of the analysis of surveys on Afro-Peruvian children and adolescents.
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Emblematic indicators of the National System for Social Inclusion and Development
The purpose is to develop a first set of emblematic indicators to monitor key inclusion dimensions for those that present available information. It is essential that the base data for the construction of these indicators may be disaggregated by sub-national level, by socio-economic strata, by area of residence (urban/rural) or by ethnicity, as pertinent. This […]
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Nutritional paths during childhood: what conditions favor recovery from chronic malnutrition?
This study seeks to contribute to the debate about conditions that favor recovery from long-standing nutritional shortages (materialized in height for age indicators) Using the Young Lives longitudinal survey – representative panel survey at urban and rural level – the study analyzes the nutritional paths of Peruvian children 5 to 8 years old. There is […]
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Individual and family characteristics, educational opportunities and school performance: a longitudinal study in Peru
Studies conducted in Peru and other developing countries suggest that the educational system is set out in an unfair manner, strengthening existing inequalities in society in general. For instance, students from families in higher socio-economic level usually attend private educational institutions, which, in general, have better infrastructure than public educational institutions and higher performances in […]
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Mechanisms for inclusion of the informal sector to the Social Security Network in the Dominican Republic
The purpose of the study is to offer recommendations regarding policies to develop an inclusive social protection network for workers informally employed, considering the current conditions in the Dominican Republic, as well as the global economy and lessons learned in other countries. These policy recommendations seek to counteract the fact that despite the firm growth […]
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Incidence of fiscal policy in urban and rural areas of Peru
Under commission from FIDA, Miguel Jaramillo is in charge of this Project, which is a continuation of a previous one promoted by Diálogo Interamericano and the University of Tulane (2010) focused on the analysis of fiscal policy at national level as part of a study in 6 countries of Latin America. This part focuses on […]
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Cost-benefit analysis of the reforms of social programs in Trinidad and Tobago (I)
In Trinidad and Tobago there is a cash transfer program called Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme – TCCTP. GRADE researchers have been commissioned to present a methodological proposal for the cost-benefit analysis of certain reforms, to review and simulate scenarios of possible impacts due to improvements in the focalization, coverage, monitoring and evaluation of the […]
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Cost-benefit analysis of the reforms of social programs in Trinidad and Tobago (II)
In Trinidad and Tobago there is a cash transfer program called Targeted Conditional Cash Transfer Programme – TCCTP. GRADE researchers have been commissioned to present a methodological proposal for the cost-benefit analysis of certain reforms, to review and simulate scenarios of possible impacts due to improvements in the focalization, coverage, monitoring and evaluation of the […]
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Young Lives – Central 2011-2012
Young Lives is a longitudinal study about the causes and consequences of childhood poverty.
