Researchers

Researchers

  • Martín Benavides

    Martín Benavides Abanto (on leave)

    PhD in Sociology - Pennsylvania State University

    Martín Benavides has a PhD in Sociology from Pennsylvania State University where he also attained a Master’s Degree in Education Policy. He has a degree in Sociology and a BA in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and has been a visiting student on issues of social mobility and inequality at Nuffield College […]

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  • Gerardo Damonte

    Gerardo Damonte Valencia (on leave)

    PhD in Anthropology - Cornell University

    Gerardo Damonte Valencia has an MA and PhD in Anthropology from Cornell University. He carries out research in the field of natural resources at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) (currently on leave) along with his teaching position in the Department of Political Sciences at the Pontifical Catholic University in Peru. Gerardo leads […]

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  • Juana Kuramoto

    Juana Kuramoto Huamán (on leave)

    PhD candidate in Innovation & Technology - Maastricht University

    Juana Kuramoto received a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University Carnegie Mellon in 1995. She is currently studying for a PhD in Policy Studies and Technological Change at the University of Maastricht and is an Associate Researcher at GRADE. Her fields of interest are technological innovation, scientific and technological policy, and mining. She […]

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  • Joan J. Martínez

    Joan J. Martínez

    Master in Economics - University of California, Berkeley

    Joan J. Martínez is a candidate for a doctorate of the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on labor economics and the economics of education. She applied econometrics with an emphasis on the persistence of inequality through human capital investment decisions. She received a BA in Economics from Universidad […]

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  • Marcela Ponce de León

    Marcela Ponce de León

    Master in Policy Studies in Education - University College London

    Marcela holds a Master in Policy Studies in Education from the University College London, UK and has a degree in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She returns to GRADE as a consultant for the “Design of an evidence-based project on early childhood development in Peru for the Porticus Foundation” project lead by Gabriela […]

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  • Jorge Aguero

    Jorge Agüero (1971 - †2023)

    PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics - University of Wisconsin, Madison

    Jorge was an External Affiliated Researcher at GRADE. He had a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a Master’s degree in Economics from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. He was also a member of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy, and an Associate Professor of the Department of […]

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  • Lorena Alcazar

    Lorena Alcázar Valdivia

    PhD in 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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  • David Alfaro

    David Alfaro Serrano

    PhD in Economics - Columbia University

    David has a PhD in Economics from Columbia University. His research focuses on development economics and international trade.

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  • Miguel Almunia

    PhD in Economics - University of California (Berkeley)

    Miguel holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California (Berkeley). He is an Assistant Professor in Economics at Universty of Warwick. His research work focuses in the field of public economics, mainly in tax evasion and informality among developed and developing countries.

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  • Francisco Álvarez

    Francisco Álvarez Cuadrado

    PhD in Economics - University of Washington

    Francisco holds a PhD in Economics and a Master in Arts degree in Economics from University of Washington. He also has a B.Sc. degre in Business Management from ICADE Business School. He is an Associated Professor at McGill University since June 2010. He was a Visiting Researcher at GRADE between September 2010 and March 2011.

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