Publications of The Reliability and Validity of Achievement Tests in the Second Young Lives School Survey in Ethiopia
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The Reliability and Validity of Achievement Tests in the Second Young Lives School Survey in Ethiopia
This technical note gives details of the reliability and validity of the assessments used in the second school survey carried out by Young Lives in Ethiopia for the purpose of the construction of test scores on a common scale within each language for maths and reading comprehension. This document give details of the three-parameter model […]
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Nivel socioeconómico, tipo de escuela y resultados educativos en el Perú: el caso de PISA 2012
El objetivo del trabajo es analizar el logro educativo de los estudiantes en las habilidades evaluadas mediante las evaluaciones PISA 2012, con énfasis en el nivel socioeconómico, la titularidad de la escuela (público o privado) y el sexo del estudiante, empleando un modelo multinivel jerarquizado que tiene en cuenta los efectos fijos y aleatorios a […]
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Identificación de predictores del desempeño en la comprensión de textos orales y escritos
The aim of the study was to identify predictors of reading comprehension in order to promote early interventions. We examined data from Young Lives study, using structural equation modeling, for assessing relationships between child and environmental features, and language development. Main findings were that (1) mothers’ features – which we relate to means to employ […]
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Estrategias de articulación de los productores agrarios en la costa peruana: ¿asociatividad, vinculación con empresas o ambas?
The main objective of this research is to identify and characterise the producers who currently participate in one of these two market linkage strategies, as well as those who are integrated through a third way, which consists of linking up with companies through producer associations rather than individually. This identification will be carried out using […]
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The role of objective numeracy and fluid intelligence in sex-related protective behaviors
A wealth of studies has indicated that greater cognitive ability is related to healthier behaviors and outcomes throughout the lifespan. In the present paper, we focus on objective numeracy (ability with numbers) and present findings from a study conducted in the Peruvian Highlands that examines the relations among formal education, numeracy, other more general cognitive […]
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El uso de encuestas y censos agropecuarios para desarrollar una tipología de la pequeña y mediana agricultura familiar en el Perú
Taking advantage of the information provided by the 2012 Agricultural Census and the 2014 ENA, the objective of this study is to combine the information from both sources to make inferences, at the small area level, about the production levels and net incomes of small and medium family farming. The small and medium family farming […]
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El sistema regional de salud de San Martín y su política de reducción de la desnutrición infantil: aplicación en el Perú del énfoque de evaluación de sistemas de salud
Chronic infant malnutrition is one of the main public health issues in Peru and in the world. The objective of the study was to determine achievements and limitations of a regional policy against chronic infant malnutrition in a Region of Peru. For the qualitative study, the authors used the Health System Assessment Approach, as promoted […]
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Cambios en la agricultura y deforestación en la selva peruana: análisis basado en el IV Censo Agropecuario
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El impacto de la inversión pública en el desarrollo regional
How to target public investment in rural areas efficiently and reduce poverty? According to the research that gave rise to this article, investments in irrigation, roads and telecommunications have a significant effect on the promotion of agricultural productivity and poverty reduction. Strengthening human capital and investments in market access also generate positive impacts to be […]
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Cambio climático, uso de riego y estrategias de diversificación de cultivos en la sierra peruana
The objective of this study is to contribute to understanding the change in climatic conditions that occurred in the Peruvian highlands during the period 1994-2012, and to identify some of the effects that this change has had on the decisions linked to the productive strategies of farmers in this region; in particular, the use of […]
