Lorena Alcázar Valdivia
Senior Researcher
PhD in Economics - Washington University
lalcazar@grade.org.pe
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 of the Supervisory Board for Investment in Public Transport Infrastructure (OSITRAN), Research Director of the Apoyo Institute, Professor and Researcher at the Pacific University, Economist for the World Bank, Visiting Researcher at the Brookings Institution and Advisor to the Ministry of Economy and Finance in the field of social policy. She has implemented various projects and consultancies and has published numerous works on topics such as social policy, education, health, poverty, and design and evaluation of social programmes.
Publications
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Poor education and precarious jobs in Peru: understanding who is left behind and why
2020 Lorena Alcazar, Micaela Bullard, Maria Balarin
Given the large inequalities in Peru, fulfilling the ’leave no one behind’ UN 2030 Agenda commitment might become the country’s largest challenge to SDG implementation. In light of this, understanding who is left behind, and why, gains particular importance. This study uses a mixed methodological approach to provide a baseline of the left behind in […]
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JournalJournal of Youth Studies
Fractured lives: understanding urban youth vulnerability in Perú
2020 Lorena Alcazar, Maria Balarin, Cristina Glave, María Fernanda Rodríguez
The paper reports on a mixed methods study that sought to analyse determinants of youth labour market and educational disengagement in Peru. It begins by questioning the widespread focus on NEET –youth not in employment, education or training– as a measure of youth vulnerability in countries with extensive informal labour markets where labour precarity can […]
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Brechas que perduran: una radiografía de la exclusión social en Perú
2019 Lorena Alcazar
Peru achieved many of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) before the 2015 deadline, a sign of the great economic and social advances of recent decades. However, the high levels of heterogeneity that persist in the development indicators show the high inequalities in the country, particularly in relation to traditionally excluded groups such as women, indigenous […]
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Más allá de los nini. Los jóvenes urbano-vulnerables en el Perú
2018 Lorena Alcazar, Maria Balarin, Cristina Glave, María Fernanda Rodríguez
In recent decades, the term nini —referring to young people who neither study nor work— has become part of academic discussions and debates on what policies should be implemented to address the needs of young people who are vulnerable to social exclusion. However, in a context such as the Peruvian one, in which informality reaches […]
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Desigualdad en la academia: mujeres en las ciencias sociales peruanas
2018 Lorena Alcazar, Maria Balarin
El libro recoge estudios de investigadoras del Grupo Sofía en torno a las desigualdades entre mujeres y hombres en el mundo de la investigación y de la docencia universitaria en las ciencias sociales. Las autoras presentan evidencia rigurosa, hasta ahora no disponible, que muestra las disparidades entre hombres y mujeres con una trayectoria profesional en […]
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Quality of life in urban neighborhoods in Metropolitan Lima, Peru
2008 Lorena Alcazar, Raúl Andrade
This paper presents the results of the estimations of a quality of life (QoL) index focusing on three dimensions: individual factors, urban factors, and civil society. The study was mainly based on information collected through a survey applied in three districts of Lima: La Victoria, Los Olivos and Villa El Salvador. These districts are relatively […]
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Provision of public services and welfare of the poor: learning from an incomplete electricity privatization process in rural Peru
2007 Lorena Alcazar, Eduardo Nakasone, Maximo Torero
The incomplete privatization of the electric sector in Peru provides a unique scenario for evaluating the impact of public versus private provision. The results in this paper suggest that management of electricity firms by the private sector leads to a significant improvement in the quality of the provision of electricity. These improvements in quality and […]
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Evaluación de la concesión del Puerto de Matarani: ¿quién ganó y quién perdió?
2005 Lorena Alcazar, Rodrigo Lovatón
The objective is to evaluate the characteristics of the concession process, to estimate its impact on the economy and to identify the implications of handing over other ports in the country under concession. To this end, we analysed the model used to introduce private participation, examined whether there is evidence of improved port operation with […]
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Determinantes institucionales del funcionamiento de proyectos de infraestructura básica: análisis de los proyectos financiados por Foncodes
2002 Lorena Alcazar, Eric Wachtenheim
This study analyses the determinants of success of a sample of 735 FONCODES projects implemented between 1994 and 1999. The database used for the empirical estimates is based on the results of surveys that were designed to carry out three ex-post evaluations of FONCODES projects.
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Oferta y demanda de formación docente en el Perú
2001 Lorena Alcazar, Rosa Ana Balcázar
The study on supply and demand for teacher training is a response to a growing concern to improve the quality of education in Peru. When talking about the quality of education, it is necessary to evaluate teachers and teacher training institutions. This paper analyses, on the one hand, the composition and main characteristics of the […]
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Demanda inducida y ausentismo en los hospitales peruanos
Diagnóstico corrupción: el fraude en los hospitales públicos de América Latina2002 Lorena Alcazar, Raúl Andrade
This chapter analyzes the relationship between institutional arrangements, incentives, and corruption in four Peruvian hospitals. It focuses on two particular types of corrupt practice: absenteeism by doctors and provision of unnecessary services (i.e., induced demand). One of the hospitals was operated in the private sector. Of the three public-sector hospitals, two were under the aegis […]
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Projects
- Co-organization of the Social Policies Round Table in the 2012 XXIII CIES annual seminarSeptember 2012 - November 2012
- Support in the preparation of a preliminary results-based design proposal for the Qali Warma National School Nutritional ProgramAugust 2012 - October 2012
- Incremental Places Determination System for Regular Basic Education (Design Evaluation and Public Budget Execution)May 2012 - October 2012
- Support in reviewing the design of the JUNTOS program so that it is results basedApril 2012 - June 2012
- Analysis of the cost of anemia for PeruMarch 2012 - July 2012
- Understanding the impact of Think Tanks: preparatory studies for the event “2012 Think Tank Initiative Exchange”March 2012 - December 2012
- Cost-benefit analysis of the reforms of social programs in Trinidad and Tobago (I)September 2011 - October 2011
- Preparation of guidelines and follow-up of impact evaluation of social programs in ParaguayJuly 2011 - September 2011
- Cost-benefit analysis of the reforms of social programs in Trinidad and Tobago (II)July 2011 - October 2011
- Effect of the participative Budget on the quality of public services: the case of water supply and roads in Peru.April 2011 - September 2012
Media
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44,5% de niños con anemia: piden acción urgente
April 4, 2013 Health and nutrition
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Por cada niño que sufre desnutrición crónica en Lima Metropolitana, ocho sufren de anemia
April 4, 2013 Health and nutrition
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Mesa de concertación de lucha contra la pobreza solicitó realizar acciones urgentes para acabar con anemia en niños
April 4, 2013 Health and nutrition
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¿La democracia participativa es más eficaz en las decisiones presupuestarias?
March 5, 2013 State reform and public institutions
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Sobre la reforma de los programas sociales
May 15, 2007 Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes
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Presentations
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Evaluación de Impacto del Programa de Mejoramiento de la Educación Inicial en Ayacucho, Huancavelica y Huánuco
15 August, 2018
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15 June, 2017
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Evaluación de las EDEP: la mirada desde la perspectiva del evaluador
Lima-Perú, 3 May, 2016
Conversatorio "Evaluaciones de Diseño y Ejecución Presupuestal: una herramienta para la mejora de la gestión pública"
Selected Publications
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Medidas de protección social del gobierno peruano en época de la Covid-19
2022 Lorena Alcazar, Vanessa Rojas, Emilio López de Romaña
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