Publications of Running Ahead or Moving Together? Individual and Group Consulting for Female Entrepreneurship
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Running Ahead or Moving Together? Individual and Group Consulting for Female Entrepreneurship
This study evaluates cost-effective strategies for transferring management skills to female entrepreneurs in urban Peru, particularly established SME owners and managers. Through a randomized experiment, researchers compare the impact of individual and group-based consulting on these groups. Both consulting formats led to better business practices and to sizable increases in sales (32%) and profits (24%), […]
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¿Cómo se configuran las barreras y facilitadores para la adopción de un programa de educación digital en matemática luego de la pandemia?
This study uses a qualitative approach to explore the barriers and facilitators to the adoption of the digital mathematics education program, Conecta Ideas Perú (CIP), by teachers in the post-pandemic Peruvian context. Through semi-structured interviews in 2022 and 2023, the experiences of four teachers from four public educational institutions were investigated. Framed within the Unified […]
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Equipos Itinerantes de Bienestar: Una apuesta por servicios de protección intersectoriales sensibles y respetuosos
Frente a las brechas en el acceso a servicios de atención socioemocional y erradicación de la violencia, los EIIB implementan espacios de diálogo y prevención junto a estudiantes, familias, docentes y directivos. La sistematización de esta experiencia muestra cómo la articulación intersectorial y el enfoque territorial permiten fortalecer el rol protector de la escuela y construir […]
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Human Capital Development New Evidence on the Production of Socio-Emotional Skills
We estimate a dynamic model of socio-emotional skill development between ages eight and 22 for a Peruvian cohort born in 1994. At age eight there is no wealth gradient, in contrast to cognitive skills. However, by age 12, inequalities emerge and widen through age 19, driven by differential household investments, and cross-productivity with cognitive skills. […]
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¿Cómo se entiende la resiliencia educativa en los países de América Latina y el Caribe?
El primer reporte del Observatorio AdaptED indaga sobre la presencia del concepto de resiliencia educativa, sus significados y prácticas en los países del Global Partnership for Education (GPE) considerando las características, retos y amenazas que atraviesan a nivel de sistema. Este análisis busca contribuir a la identificación y movilización de evidencias, así como a la […]
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Young People’s Mental Health in Unprecedented Times: Research Report from Round 7 in Ethiopia, India and Peru
This report presents preliminary findings on young people’s mental health from the seventh round of the Young Lives survey conducted in Ethiopia, India and Peru in 2023–24, when the Younger Cohort was aged 22 and the Older Cohort was aged 29. According to Round 7 data, in India and Peru, levels of anxiety and depression […]
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The impact of Peru’s land reform on national agricultural productivity: A synthetic control study
This paper evaluates the impact of Peru’s collectivist land reform in 1970 on national agricultural productivity. While prior research have shown contrasting impacts of land reform across different settings, few have assessed the productivity consequences of collectivist experiments at the aggregate level. Employing a Synthetic Control Method, we construct a scenario of Peru’s productivity trends […]
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Food distribution models in Latin America: Unraveling the effects of physical access on food security
This chapter examines the role of food distribution channels in shaping physical access and its impact on food security in Latin America. The authors argue that the structure of downstream food supply chains—the relative prominence of modern supermarkets, traditional markets, and intermediate local stores—plays a critical but underexplored part in determining affordability and dietary choices. […]
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Salud mental juvenil en crisis: Cuando la pandemia amplifica desigualdades estructurales
The covid-19 pandemic had a severe effect on the mental health of vulnerable young women in Peru, exacerbating symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress. This qualitative study, based on the lived experience approach, analyses the trajectories of two young Peruvian women – one from a rural and one from an urban context – participants in […]
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La pandemia y la salud mental: Un estudio basado en experiencias vividas por jóvenes peruanas vulnerables
Although mental health is recognised as a right in Peruvian public policy, there remains a paucity of evidence that addresses subjective experiences of emotional distress from the perspective of young people themselves. This research contributes to closing this gap through an in-depth qualitative approach, focusing on the voices of two young women who report mental […]
