Publications of Lorena Alcazar
GRADE places special emphasis on the dissemination of the results of its research through publications in various formats, aimed at both the academic public and public officials, political and civil society actors, university students, the media, as well as the general citizenship. Research Papers Academic publications prepared on the basis of reports from research projects or reflections of a conceptual nature related to GRADE’s work áreas. Its publication requires an external peer review process. Its publication format is usually only electronic. Research Progress Papers Publications of research work in progress. They are prepared on the basis of reports from research projects or reflections of a conceptual nature related to GRADE’s work areas. Its publication does not require a peer review process; however, they require internal approval and the external institution that requested the investigation. Authors can be both GRADE senior researchers and research assistants. Eventually, GRADE agrees to publish Research Progress by authors not affiliated with the institution, under the endorsement of a senior GRADE researcher. Its publication format is electronic only. Analysis & Proposals Publications with characteristics of a policy brief: aimed at a non-academic audience and with emphasis on its policy implications. It presents the main findings and recommendations of an academic investigation, accompanied by visual resources. Its publication format is physical and electronic. Books Institutionally affiliated books are written or edited by one or more GRADE researchers and go through a blind peer review process. Its publication format is physical and electronic.
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El gasto público en infancia y niñez en América Latina y el Caribe ¿Cuánto y cuán efectivo?
The objective of the study is to analyse the levels, evolution, composition and quality of public social spending on children in Latin America and the Caribbean. To this, a sample of eight countries is analysed: Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru.
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Impact evaluation and policy decisions: where are we? A Latin American think tank perspective
This paper by Jaramillo and Alcázar addresses questions that go to the heart of impact evaluation research: how much has the field achieved towards its goal of informing public policies, and which factors may have been furthering or hindering this goal? Looking primarily at its own experience, a Peruvian think tank, the Group for the […]
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Impacts of the Peruvian Conditional Cash Transfer Programme on women’s empowerment: a quantitative and qualitative approach
The authors present the early findings from an ongoing evaluation that seeks to identify the impact of Peru’s Juntos programme on women’s empowerment. The study focuses on three empowerment dimensions: decision-making on household resources; freedom of movement; and gender roles and ideology (including perceptions of rights, rejection of male domination, and domestic violence).
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Efecto de un suplemento nutricional a base de lípidos en los niveles de hemoglobina e indicadores antropométricos en niños de cinco distritos de Huánuco, Perú
This study aims to determine the effect of consumption of a lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) on hemoglobin levels, anemia and anthropometric indicators in children aged six to eleven months old in five districts in the province of Ambo in the region of Huanuco, Peru
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Impactos del programa Juntos sobre el empoderamiento de la mujer
This study aims to identify the impact of the Juntos on the well-being of beneficiary mothers, specifically on the empowerment process that can develop as a result of the program’s characteristics. To this end, quantitative and qualitative methods are combined, using information available from household surveys —ENDES and Young Lives— and in-depth interviews and focus groups […]
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Fe y Alegria schools in Peru: analysis of the institutional management and pedagogy model and lessons for public education
The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the characteristics of Fe y alegría’s management both at the institutional and school level, and identify success factors and lessons that can be applied to the rest of the education sector. It analyzes the institutional and pedagogical management and, within each of these, the role of key […]
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Inclusión social: diálogos entre la investigación y las políticas públicas
Esta publicación recoge el espíritu del seminario internacional “Cambios Institucionales para un Estado más Inclusivo” (julio de 2012), y apunta a lo más relevante y valioso de cada exposición, intervención y comentario.
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Impacto económico de la desnutrición crónica, aguda y global en el Perú
Objectives. To estimate the economic impact of chronic, acute and global malnutrition in Peru. Materials and methods. This study, through an econometric model, estimated the economic impact of child malnutrition in two time horizons (incidental retrospective and prospective) during 2011, considering malnutrition-associated costs of health, education and productivity for the Peruvian economy. Information collected is […]
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¿Tiene el presupuesto participativo algún impacto en la calidad de los servicios públicos? El caso del sector del agua y saneamiento
Contributions to the debate on the effect of citizen participation in budgetary decisions on the quality of public service through the analysis of the link between the municipal participatory budget (PP) and indicators of coverage and quality of water and sanitation service in Peru.
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¿Tiene el presupuesto participativo algún efecto en la calidad de los servicios públicos? El caso del sector del agua y saneamiento en el Perú
Citizen participation should direct the public investment needs of the population, particularly for the benefit of the poorest. This is how the participatory budgeting (PP for its acronym in Spanish) process implemented in Peru in 2004 is conceived. However, this study finds that there is no evidence to suggest a robust relationship between PP and […]
