Javier Escobal D`Angelo
Senior Researcher
PhD in Economic Development - Wageningen University
jescobal@grade.org.pe
Javier holds a PhD in Economic Development from Wageningen University, in the Netherlands, and a Master’s degree from New York University, where he also carried out doctoral studies in Economics. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. He is also Co-Researcher in the Young Lives/Niños del Milenio longitudinal study, which follows more than 2000 children during the first twenty years of their lives and which is also carried out in parallel in Ethiopia, India and Vietnam.
His research has focused on rural development, poverty, agricultural policies and the sectoral impact of macroeconomic policy. On these topics he has published more than a dozen books and more than 40 academic articles in specialized journals. His research has won several international awards such as the Prize for the best doctoral thesis in International Development awarded by the World Bank and the Amsterdam Institute for International Development; the Award for Excellence in Development Research awarded by the Global Development Network and the Guggenhaim Fellowship.
In the public sector, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Reserve Bank, member of the Fiscal Council, an autonomous commission attached to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, member of the Advisory Commission of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion, member of the Advisory Commission for Poverty Estimation of INEI, and on two occasions member of the Board of Directors of the Lima Wholesale Markets Firm.
Publications
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Agricultura peruana: nuevas miradas desde el Censo Agropecuario
2015 Javier Escobal, Ricardo Fort, Eduardo Zegarra
This book presents the findings of four studies led by GRADE researchers as part of a project that seeks to broaden and deepen the analysis of the results of the IV Agricultural Census 2012. Each of the topics analysed represents a diverse and complex look at processes and relationships that are established both within the […]
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Estructura agraria y dinámica de pobreza rural en el Perú
2015 Javier Escobal, Carmen Armas
Using a provincial panel for the period between the agricultural censuses of 1994 and 2012, this study aims to clarify the sign of the relationship between agrarian structure and rural poverty dynamics in Peru. The descriptive results reveal that the provinces with significant reductions in rural poverty rates are those whose agricultural units had, at […]
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JournalThe Journal of Nutrition
Participation in the Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Peru is associated with changes in child anthropometric status but not language development or school achievement
2015 Christopher T Andersen, Sarah A Reynolds, Jere R. Behrman, Benjamin Crookston, Kirk Dearden, Javier Escobal, Alan Sanchez, Subha Mani, Aryeh D Stein, Lia CH Fernald
It is unclear what effects a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program would have on child anthropometry, language development, or school achievement in the context of the nutrition transition experienced by many low- andmiddle-income countries. In this study the authors estimated the association of participation in Peru’s Juntos CCT with anthropometry, language development, and school achievement […]
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JournalEnvironment and Development Economics
Extractive industries and local development in the Peruvian Highlands
2015 Elisa Ticci, Javier Escobal
During the last 20 years, the mining sector in Peru has been experiencing sustained growth. Using census, administrative, nationally and regionally representative data we compare districts in the Peruvian Highlands with a recent mining development with suitable counterfactuals. We find that the new mining activities attract migration inflows, and have some positive effects over educational […]
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Chapter in BookTerritorios en movimiento: hacia un desarrollo inclusivo
Polarización y segregación en la distribución del ingreso en el Perú: trayectorias desiguales
2014 Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce
In the last three decades, Peru experienced the greatest crisis in its republican history (dramatic internal conflict and hyperinflationary process) with a severe macroeconomic adjustment and a set of structural reforms, followed by a dictatorship and the deepening of the economic liberalization process and, finally, 10 years of sustained economic growth. The last decade has […]
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Does geography explains differences in economics growth in Peru?
2000 Javier Escobal, Maximo Torero
In Peru, a country with an astonishing variety of different ecological areas, including 84 different climate zones and landscapes, with rainforests, high mountain ranges and dry deserts, the geographical context may not be all that matters, but it could be very significant in explaining regional variations in income and welfare. The major question this paper […]
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Costos de transacción en la agricultura peruana: una primera aproximación a su medición e impacto
2000 Javier Escobal
The objective of this research is to empirically evaluate the factors that determine the market linkage strategies of agricultural producers in Peru. It also studies the role of transaction costs in the behavior of rural households. In addition, the research proposes and implements a methodological proposal to quantify transaction costs. The results show that transaction […]
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¿Cómo enfrentar una geografía adversa?: el rol de los activos públicos y privados
2000 Javier Escobal, Maximo Torero
In Peru, a country with an astonishing ecological diversity, with 84 different climatic zones and landscapes, with tropical rainforests, high mountain ranges and deserts, the geographical context may not be sufficient to explain regional variations in income and welfare, but it is very significant. The most important question this paper seeks to answer is: what […]
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Los activos de los pobres en el Perú
1998 Javier Escobal, Maximo Torero
The document analyzes the possession and access to assets on the part of the poor in Peru. It is found that during the last ten years the average level of access to education increased while and inequality of access to this asset decreased. The access to other public services has also increased, though the inequality […]
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Derechos de propiedad, regulación de concesiones y uso óptimo de los recursos naturales
Seguimiento y evaluación del manejo de recursos naturales2000 Javier Escobal, Úrsula Aldana, Víctor Agreda
The objective of this work is to evaluate the use of natural resources by Brazil nut extractors in the Peruvian rainforest, as well as to assess the impact of the concession policy established by the competent public authority on the management of these resources. The study provides criteria to define the concession contracts that the […]
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Determinantes de las decisiones de trabajo en tareas no agropecuarias dentro de la finca en el Perú
Pobreza y economía social: análisis de una encuesta (ENNIV-1997)1999 Javier Escobal, Jorge Agüero
The objective of the paper is to show the importance of off-farm labor activities for the Peruvian rural sector during the last decade. The paper shows that the relative importance of family labor in off-farm activities rose from 24.1 % of total wages in 1985 to 35.3 % in 1997. Currently, 56% of annual net […]
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The determinants of labor allocation between farm and off-farm activities in rural Peru
International Symposium Proceedings, (15º: 1998 Nov. 29-Dec. 4: Pretoria, South Africa)1999 Javier Escobal, Víctor Agreda, Jorge Agüero
This document shows that the importance for the Peruvian rural sector of activities that go beyond on/farm agricultural tasks has increased substantially, at least during the last decade.
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Ajuste macroeconómico y distribución del ingreso en el Perú 1985-1994
¿Cómo estamos?: análisis de la encuesta de niveles de vida1996 Javier Escobal, Jorge Agüero
Se muestra una caída en el gasto global de los hogares en el Perú, durante el período de crisis y ajuste, menor a lo que las cifras agregadas sugieren y la evolución de la distribución del gasto.
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Public administration and income distribution in Peru
Government spending and income distribution in Latin America1993 Arturo Briceño, Alberto Pasco-Font, Javier Escobal, José Rodríguez
To provide a framework for evaluating the impact of programs carried out between 1985 and 1990, the first section describes the basic aspects of income distribution in Peru during that period. After describing the characteristics of poverty in Peru, this section summarizes the methods used in the 1985-1990 period to improve income distribution. The APRA […]
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Projects
Media
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Inclusión económica rural (II)
December 27, 2013 Rural development and agriculture
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Un Juntos productivo (II)
December 20, 2013 Rural development and agriculture
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Inclusión económica rural
December 18, 2013 Rural development and agriculture
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Un Juntos productivo
December 13, 2013 Rural development and agriculture
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GRADE: La sierra opta por ganadería antes que por cultivos tradicionales
November 12, 2013 Rural development and agriculture
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Selected Publications
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Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación de los avances del programa Haku Wiñay
2016 Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce, José Alfonso Heredia, María Isabel Remy
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