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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JournalEconomic Development and Cultural Change
(Un)Conditional Love in the Time of Conditional Cash Transfers: The Effect of the Peruvian JUNTOS Program on Spousal Abuse
2022 Juan Jose Diaz, Víctor Saldarriaga
Cash transfer programs often target women as the recipient of the money. Unintentionally, this flow of unearned income may reduce spousal abuse. We investigate this possibility by assessing the Peruvian JUNTOS program. We exploit the staggered timing in the rollout of the program across municipalities along with its eligibility rule for determining participation to perform […]
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JournalNutrients
Role of Government Financial Support and Vulnerability Characteristics Associated with Food Insecurity during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Young Peruvians
2021 Katherine Curi-Quinto, Alan Sanchez, Nataly Lago-Berrocal, Mary E Penny, Claudia Murray, Richard Nunes, Marta Favara, Anisha Wijeyesekera, Julie Lovegrove, Victor Soto-Cáceres, Karani Santhanakrishnan Vimaleswaran
Using data from the longitudinal study Young Lives Peru, the authors investigated the profile of the young people in the study affected by food insecurity during the pandemic. They take into account the sociodemographic characteristics of Peruvian prendemic households and other shocks that made them more vulnerable. They also assess the government’s response role
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JournalInternational Journal of Epidemiology
Cohort Profile Update: The Young Lives study
2021 Marta Favara, Gina Crivello, Mary Penny, Catherine Porter, Ellanka Revathi, Alan Sanchez, Douglas Scott, Le Thuc Duc, Tassew Woldehanna, Andy McKay
• Young Lives is a longitudinal study tracking two cohorts of children in four low-and-middle-income countries [Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam]. • The survey started in 2002 and three rounds were completed by 2009. Two further rounds took place in 2013 (round 4) and 2016 (round 5). Most recently the round planned for 2020 was […]
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JournalMedrxiv
The Evolution of Young People’s Mental Health during COVID-19: Evidence from four Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries
2021 Catherine Porter, Marta Favara, Alan Sanchez, Douglas Scott
Aunque COVID-19 presenta menos riesgo de morbilidad o mortalidad grave para los jóvenes, la crisis económica resultante ha afectado sus medios de subsistencia. Hay relativamente poca evidencia sobre la salud mental de los jóvenes en los países de ingresos bajos y medios (LMIC) a medida que avanza la pandemia. Dos encuestas telefónicas consecutivas (agosto/octubre y […]
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Estrategias de cuidado infantil en familias vulnerables peruanas: Evidencia del estudio cualitativo longitudinal Niños del Milenio.
2021 Vanessa Rojas
The document addresses what families face in situations of changes that impact and weaken their economy, the care of children is in second place, which affects their wellbeing. The voices of the children themselves identify the need for care networks beyond the family environment; the urgency of promoting public policies regarding the reconciliation of work […]
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Educación y aprendizaje: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
2015Santiago Cueto,
La educación ha sido destacada en el Perú e internacionalmente como un factor clave para el desarrollo personal y crecimiento económico. Si bien el Perú ha avanzado notablemente en términos de acceso y matrícula escolar, todavía tiene que vencer muchos desafíos para lograr niveles altos de aprendizaje para todos sus niños. En general, los datos […]
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Cambios en el bienestar de los hogares: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
2015Alan Sanchez,
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Diseño y métodos del estudio: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
2015
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Revisión temática y metodológica de la Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar – ENDES y recomendaciones para su mejoramiento
2013Juan Jose Diaz,
This document presents a review of the ENDES and discusses the thematic orientation that the study could have in the future. In addition, some recommendations are presented to increase the potential of the survey. In particular, suggestions are made to improve the existing information and to overcome some of its limitations that could contribute to […]
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Effectiveness and Spillovers of online sex education: evidence from a randomized evaluation in Colombian public schools
2013, Martin Valdivia,
En una evaluación aleatoria en Colombia, se encontró un curso en linea de salud sexual que conduce a impactos significativos en el conocimiento y actitudes de los adolescentes y, para aquellos sexualmente activos, menos ETS.
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JournalEconomic Development and Cultural Change
Impact of Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Nutritional and Cognitive Outcomes in Peru: Comparison Between Younger and Older Initial Exposure
2020
Researchers evaluate whether the Juntos conditional cash transfer program in Peru has a larger effect on children who benefited initially from the program during the first 4 years of life compared with those children who benefited initially between ages 5 and 8. The former group was exposed during early-life sensitive periods, received the program for […]
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JournalReview of Development Studies
Understanding teenage fertility in Peru: An analysis using longitudinal data
2020
Reducing the prevalence of teenage pregnancy remains an elusive goal for public policy in Peru. Researchers use longitudinal data from the Young Lives Study in Peru to investigate on an extensive set of early circumstances and life changes that might be the risk factors for teenage childbearing—about one out of five girls in the sample […]
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JournalHealth Economics
Encouraging use of prenatal care through conditional cash transfers: evidence from JUNTOS in Peru
2019
Researchers use a difference‐in‐differences strategy to estimate the effects of JUNTOS, a conditional cash transfer program targeted to poor rural households in Peru, on use of prenatal care. Using data from the Peruvian Demographic and Health Surveys over the period 2000–2011, they find that JUNTOS increased prenatal care utilization among program‐eligible women. Even more, they […]
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JournalEconomic Development and Cultural Change
Impact of Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Nutritional and Cognitive Outcomes in Peru: Comparison Between Younger and Older Initial Exposure
2019
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JournalRevista Económica, Sociedad y Estadística
Relación entre embarazo adolescente y maternidad adolescente y resultados educativos y laborales: una aproximación a partir de datos de la ENDES
2018
A pesar de las mejoras observadas en el país en una serie de indicadores sociales y económicos, la prevalencia de madres adolescentes es alta (14,3% en 2017 según la metodología propuesta en este estudio), especialmente en zonas rurales (23,7%, versus 11,8% en zonas urbanas el 2017). Además de su magnitud, destaca el nivel de persistencia de esta prevalencia, la […]
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Conductas de riesgo entre adolescentes peruanos: un enfoque longitudinal
Salud, interculturalidad y comportamientos de riesgo2011Santiago Cueto, , ,
Datos sobre frecuencia de consumo y determinantes individuales y familiares, a través del tiempo, de cuatro conductas de riesgo entre adolescentes de 15 años: consumo de cigarrillo, alcohol y drogas, y sexo sin protección.
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Etnicidad como determinante de la inequidad en salud materno-infantil en el Perú
Protección social en salud en América Latina y el Caribe: investigación y políticas2011Martin Valdivia,
Marco conceptual, estrategia de acción, productos y resultados sobre el debate y diseño de políticas asociadas a la reducción de brechas étnicas en salud del proyecto que la AES ha desarrollado entre 2005-2009.
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Seguridad alimentaria: una propuesta de política para el próximo gobierno
Opciones de política económica en el Perú 2011-20152010Eduardo Zegarra,
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Exclusión, identidad étnica y políticas de inclusión social en el Perú: el caso de la población indígena y la población afrodescendiente
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La salud materno-infantil en el Perú: mirando dentro y fuera del sector salud
Investigación, políticas y desarrollo en el Perú
No se han encontrado publicaciones de Health and Nutrition en la categoría Policy brief
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Investigación, políticas y desarrollo en el Perú
2007Eduardo Zegarra, Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce, Juana Kuramoto, Manuel Glave, Lorena Alcazar, Miguel Jaramillo, , Juan Jose Diaz, , Maximo Torero, Santiago Cueto, Martín Benavides, Juan Leon, Martin Valdivia, Nestor Valdivia,
Este libro recoge las Mimeos presentadas en la conferencia Investigación, políticas y desarrollo, realidad en el marco del 25 aniversario del Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo.
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Las pérdidas en el camino, fugas en el gasto público: transferencias municipales, vaso de leche y sector educación
2003Lorena Alcazar, , ,
Ante los deplorables indicadores sociales del Perú, surge la pregunta si el estado gasta poco en educación, salud y nutrición o si se debe a servicios ineficientes. ¿Gastamos poco o mal? La respuesta es: ambos.
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Participación comunitaria en el monitoreo de las actividades mineras: los casos de Vicos y de San Mateo de Huanchor
2002Juana Kuramoto,
Este libro resume las actividades y conclusiones a las que se llegaron en la investigación "Participación Comunitaria en el Monitoreo de Actividades Mineras: Los Casos de Vicos y de San Mateo de Huanchor".
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Anemia y deficiencia de hierro en adolescentes escolares en Lima, Perú
1998, , , Santiago Cueto,
Frente a los efectos negativos que tiene la anemia sobre la salud de las poblaciones, especialmente en la mujer en edad fértil, se desarrolló un estudio en un grupo de mujeres al inicio de su edad reproductiva.
No se han encontrado publicaciones de Health and Nutrition en la categoría Mimeo
Projects
- Adolescent pregnancy: Evaluating the effectiveness of preventive interventions in Latin AmericaSeptember 2009 - December 2009
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of an online training program about sexual health and sexuality for public school students in ColombiaMarch 2009 - August 2010
- The impacts of PARSALUD on excluded groupsAugust 2008 - August 2009
- Monitoreo del gasto público social orientado a la infancia: análisis del programa JUNTOS y de la oferta asociada a las condicionalidades del programaJuly 2007
- Evaluación de impacto de proyectos financiados por CORDAIDJuly 2007
- Financing health and social protection services in Latin AmericaJune 2007
- Evaluación del Impacto del Programa PARSALUD para reducir la mortalidad maternal sobre el acceso a servicios de salud materna y parto institucionalMay 2007
- Wawa WasiAugust 2006
- Institutional Change in Health Sector and the Millenium Development GoalsSeptember 2005
- Estudio sobre los Recursos Humanos en salud en el Perú: gestión, distribución, regulación, formación y condiciones laboralesAugust 2005
News
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Fertilizer acquisition process was unclaimed. Opinion of Eduardo Zegarra RPP News
June 6, 2022 Rural development and agriculture, Health and nutrition
“The crisis that could be generated is much more serious because for the first time an international price crisis would be joining a deep agrarian crisis, due to the lack of fertilizers. It is of extreme concern. The government has to take urgent measures and extraordinary”. Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE, analyzes in RPP Noticias the […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts on food insecurity in Peru for a UK project
June 6, 2022 Rural development and agriculture, Health and nutrition
“The main vacuum in the Peruvian case is that we do not have an official measurement of food insecurity. It is almost impossible to organize policies if you do not have a clear understanding of what is happening and the factors behind the issue. Peru has a long tradition of measuring poverty and other social […]
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Eduardo Zegarra: “Many people are buying less quality and quantity (of food), especially in the poorest strata”
June 6, 2022 Rural development and agriculture, Health and nutrition
“The increase in annualized food inflation is around 15%. This data is very strong because it is a year in which Peruvian families have seen their income stagnant or falling. People have a little less income and now they have to go to buy food that is more expensive. Many people are buying less quality […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his opinion in Ojo Público on the risk of a food crisis in Peru
May 30, 2022 Rural development and agriculture, Health and nutrition
According to Eduardo Zegarra, the food crisis is an issue that exceeds the powers of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, so its solution should include more than one portfolio. Our Senior Researcher spoke of the possibility of organizing an emergency food commission: “The dimension of the problem has long since gone far beyond the […]
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts in RPP Noticias about food items that would be exempt from VAT
April 11, 2022 State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
“The most serious thing has not been to include the pheasant or some other elements that are quite ridiculous, but to extend the rule until December 31 and include a VAT and tax credit refund mechanism that could involve very complicated tax fraud problems” . Listen to the opinion of our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra on […]
Events
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Young Lives will share findings of its SONGS substudy, focused on the intake, social environment and genetics of obesity
08/04/2022 9:00 am - 10:00 am Facebook de Niños del Milenio Health and nutrition
The Young Lives longitudinal study will organize the presentation of Peru’s findings for the SONGS study, focused on the intake, social environment and genetics of obesity. The findings were obtained in its fifth call, carried out throughout 2021. REGISTRATION Sign up for your attendance here. LIVE STREAMING On Facebook Live. Watch the event here.
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Ricardo Fort will be a panelist at a SV, WFP and UNF event on COVID-19 and food system in the Global South
07/10/2021 8:00 am - 9:15 am Facebook de United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 Health and nutrition
Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, rethinking our food systems, we can protect nature, tackle climate challenges, and address people´s health and well-being, nutrition and food security Southern Voice, World Food Programme, the United Nations Foundation and the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations will organize a discussion on: Resilient Local Food Systems Solutions for […]
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GRADE Debate Seminars: Post COVID Food Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean
08/06/2021 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm Facebook de GRADE Health and nutrition
GRADE launches its new series of seminars GRADE Debate, which purpose is to promote the discussion around urgent development issues of national and international interest. GRADE Debate 1: Post COVID Food Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean SPEAKER Máximo Torero, chief economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). DISCUSSANT Silvana […]
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GRADE celebrates 40 years of foundation on the sidelines of Peru’s bicentennial
01/06/2020 → 30/06/2021 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition, Urbanization and sustainable cities
When GRADE turned 35 in 2015, we researchers produced a set of research reports on key issues for the country’s development. These works, gathered in the book Research for development in Peru, sought to satisfy the demand for knowledge aimed at fostering a more informed debate on public policy in Peru. In the foreword of the publication, Javier […]
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Ethos y GRADE will organize a webinar about GMOs and food security. Eduardo Zegarra will join as a discussant
28/08/2020 10:00 am Evento virtual Rural development and agriculture, Health and nutrition
GMOs have appeared since the nineties as one of the solutions to feed a growing population, to significantly increase the productivity of agriculture, to genetically redesign seeds to improve certain characteristics, ranging from nutrients, to resistance to pests and varied climates, and more. What has happened to these promises in recent decades? What have been […]
- 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
