Training for development: recent progress and policy lessons
| Areas | : | Poverty and equality |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher/s in charge | : | Martin Valdivia |
| Execution time | : | September 2012 - December 2013 |
Presentation
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 of adult women in entrepreneurial skills and on the transmission of information on sexual and reproductive health for adolescents. Products include work documents, articles in academic journals and dissemination articles.
Related publications:
Valdivia, Martín (2015). Business training plus for female entrepreneurship? Short and medium-term experimental evidence from Peru. En Journal of Development Economics, 113, 33-51.
Valdivia, Martín (2014). Business training plus for female entrepreneurship? Short and medium-term experimental evidence from Peru. Quebec: PEP. Working papers, 4.
Valdivia, Martín (2014). ¿Algo más que capacitación empresarial para el empoderamiento de mujeres microempresarias? Evidencia experimental de corto y mediano plazo en el Perú. Lima: GRADE. Documento de Investigación, 75.
