Projects
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Evaluación de la expansión de Servicios Microfinancieros Rurales a través de Bancos Comunales en Paraguay
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Impact evaluation of business initiatives on the base of the social pyramid
In the past years, the international development sector has increasingly focused on applying market-based development strategies, including impact investments and the social creation of enterprises in Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) in an attempt to face development goals that cover from the generation of income and employment to sanitary and education services. The assumptions behind […]
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Book on Economy of Water: concepts and contexts for sustainable management
Economy of Water: concepts and contexts for sustainable management is a book that discusses concepts and policies, prepared within the context of the program Think Tank Initiative, through GRADE. Attempts have been made to promote management reforms applying basic valuation, privatization and price formation concepts; however, serious limitations have been encountered when putting them in […]
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Changes and development: ways of life in the areas of influence of Project La Granja
From 2008 to 2010, GRADE carried out a series of studies to design a system to monitor the (micro) economic changes in the households of the areas of influence of the mining Project La Granja (district of Querocoto, province of Chota, Cajamarca). The studies analyzed the main factors that determine the local economy dynamics, focusing […]
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Design of cognitive tests for the impact evaluation of Qali Warma
Technical assistance will be provided to the Follow-up and Evaluation Office (DGSYE) in the development of instruments to measure short-term memory and attention in school-age children (primary) within the framework of the impact evaluation of the National School Nutrition Program Qali Warma.
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Social cost-benefit analysis of interconnection alternatives between Pucallpa (Ucayali and Cruzeiro do Sul (Acre)
Infrastructure development in the Amazon region, specifically, the construction or improvement of roads and/or railways, represents a dilemma in decision-making and governance at local, regional and national level. On the one hand, infrastructure is a potential instrument for the exploitation of natural resources and local and regional development and, on the other, it generates a […]
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Strengthening of the Education Sector Management in Peru
The project seeks to contribute towards the improvement of school learning results among Peruvian children, in particular, children from the most vulnerable groups of its population, responding to a set of challenges largely persisting in the sector management. The project activities will strengthen the capacities of the Ministry of Education (MED) governing body of the […]
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Measuring education quality in Peruvian schools
The education offer of the network of Innova schools will be analyzed through a series of studies to evaluate its quality and achievements as compared with other private and public schools serving the same population segments. To achieve this, a comparison will be carried out between performance in public and private schools using the Census-based […]
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Young Lives Study (continuation)
This year, emphasis will be placed on the management of the fourth round of household surveys in addition to the preparation for the fourth round of qualitative data gathering and the preparation of Research Documents.
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PRIDI: data gathering and preparation of reports on Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru
The Regional Project on Child Development Indicators (PRIDI) seeks to evaluate the levels of cognitive, language, motor and socio-emotional development in children 24 to 59 months old in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru. During the past two years, work done covered the development of the conceptual framework and the administration tools and manuals. The […]