Health and Nutrition
GRADE research in this area is focused on the analysis of issues such as the state of health and nutrition in Peru, how this related to social exclusion, socio-economic status and growth, as well as how it impacts on the ability of individuals and families to develop different capacities.
Senior Researchers
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Lorena Alcázar Valdivia
PhD en Economics - Washington University
Lorena has a BA in Economics from the Pacific University in Peru, a Master’s Degree in Political and International Economy from the Kiel Institute of World Economics, and a PhD in Economics from Washington University. She is currently a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE). Previously, she served as Vice-President […]
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Alan Sánchez Jiménez
PhD en Economics - University of Oxford
Alan has a DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. He also holds a master degree in Economics for Development from Oxford. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE, a Senior Researcher at Young Lives Peru, and a Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Department of International Development. He teaches on quantitative methodologies for impact […]
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Martín Valdivia Huaringa
PhD en Applied Economics - University of Minnesota
Martin Valdivia has a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota. He has worked as a Senior Researcher at GRADE since 1993. His fields of interest include entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, rural development and more recently democratic governance, with publications in journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Development […]
Research Assistants
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Dianela Espinoza Fernández
BA en -
Dianela is an economist from the University of Piura. At GRADE, she supports Alan Sanchez in the “Young Lives at Work” and “Nutrition, Lifestyle, Genes and Metabolome – A Biosocial Cohort Study of Obesity and its Consequences for Non-Communicable Diseases in Young Adults from Urban Peru” projects.
Project Support Staff
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Mónica Lizama Egoavil
Degree en - National Agrarian University
Mónica studied Statistical and Computer Science Engineer at the National University Agrarian La Molina. Currently she is the Data Manager for Young Lives in Peru. Before joining Young Lives, Mónica worked as a statistics assistant at the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics (INEI) and the International Nutrition Institute (IIN).
External Affiliated Researchers
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Jere R. Behrman
Ph.D. en - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Behrman is a leading international researcher in empirical microeconomics, with emphasis on developing economies. He is also a Research Associate at Penn’s Population Studies Center. His research interests include empirical microeconomics, labor economics, human resources (early childhood development, education, health, nutrition), project evaluation, economic demography, incentive systems and household behaviors. The unifying dimension of […]
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Marta Favara
PhD en - University of Essex
Marta is a Senior Researcher at the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford where she is leading the quantitative research agenda of Young Lives since 2015. She is also a Research Fellow at the Oxford Martin School Programme on African Governance and an IZA Research Affiliate. Before joining Young Lives, she […]
Publications
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JournalEconomía y Sociedad
Planificación familiar y salud materno-infantil en el Perú: menos puede ser mejor
2005 Martin Valdivia
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JournalFood and nutrition bulletin
Height, weight, and education achievement in rural Peru
2005 Santiago Cueto
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JournalJournal of nutrition
Maternal education and intelligence predict offspring diet and nutritional status
2005 Santiago Cueto, Theodore Wachs, Enrique Jacoby, Hilary Creed-Kanashiro
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Peru: is identifying the poor the main problem in reaching them with nutrional programs
Reaching the poor with health, nutrition, and population services: what works, what doesn' t, and why2005 Martin Valdivia
This chapter benefited from comments by two reviewers and by participants at the World Bank conference "Reaching the Poor with Effective Health, Nutrition, and Population Services: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why?"
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Peru: is identifying the poor the main problem in targeting nutritional programs?
2005 Martin Valdivia
The study analyzes the targeting performance of 3 public nutritional programs for children in Peru: the Vaso de Leche, the School Breakfast and an aggregate of programs (ECHINP) that focuses on the nutrition of children under 3.
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Projects
News
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Se presentó la publicación ¿Quién se queda atrás? del estudio Niños del Milenio
February 8, 2012 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Informe de Niños del Milenio revela que a pesar del progreso económico del Perú, hay niños que se quedan atrás
February 7, 2012 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Juntos ayudó a reducir desnutrición extrema en niños menores de 5 años
January 12, 2012 Health and nutrition
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“La disciplina en la escuela pública está muy ligada al castigo físico”
January 6, 2012 Health and nutrition
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Nuevo documento de trabajo del BCRP sobre el impacto del programa Juntos en la nutrición temprana
January 5, 2012 Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Health and nutrition
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Events
- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities
