Policy publications
Contributions to policy reports:
"Improving the Productivity of National Offices for Statistics: Suriname Case Study" [Report] World Bank (2024).
"World Bank Systematic Country Diagnostic for Suriname” [Report] World Bank (2023).
“Update to the World Bank’s Systematic Country Diagnostic for Costa Rica” [Report] World Bank (2023).
“Encuesta Nacional de Migración 2022: Presentación de Resultados” (Spanish) [Summary report] World Bank (2023).
“Reconocimiento y Revalidación en Chile de Títulos Obtenidos en el Extranjero” (Spanish) [Report] World Bank (2022).
“Opportunities for Reducing Poverty and Inequality in Costa Rica: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Assessment” [Report English & Spanish] World Bank (2022).
“The Gradual Rise and Rapid Decline of the Middle Class in Latin America and the Caribbean” [Report] World Bank (2021).
"Barreras Estructurales y Comportamentales a la Integración Económica y Social de la Población Migrante en Chile" (Spanish) [Report] IOM and World Bank (2021).
“COVID-19 and Child Labour: A Time of Crisis, A Time to Act” [Report] ILO and UNICEF, 2020.
“Evaluation of the No Lost Generation/Min Ila program, a UNICEF and WFP Cash Transfer scheme for Displaced Syrian Children in Lebanon” [Report] American Institutes for Research and UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2018).
“A Cash Plus Model for Safe Transitions to a Healthy and Productive Adulthood: Baseline Report” [Report] UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2018).
“Tanzania Youth Study of the Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN) Impact Evaluation: Endline Report” [Report] UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2018).
“Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme: Endline Impact Evaluation” [Report] University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2016).
“World Report on Child Labour: Paving the Way to Decent Work for Young People” [Report] ILO (2015).
“Entendiendo los resultados del trabajo infantil y el empleo juvenil en El Salvador” [Report] UCW and ILO (2013).
“World Report on Child Labour: Economic Vulnerability, Social Protection and the Fight against Child Labour” [Report] ILO (2013).
“Primary Education in Zambia” [Report] IOB Impact Evaluation, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, No. 312 (2008).
Contributions to policy briefs:
“Uneven Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean: Are Women Being Left Behind?” [Policy Brief English & Spanish] World Bank & UNDP (2022).
“A Shot in the Arm: New Evidence from the World Bank High Frequency Surveys on COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Uptake in the Caribbean” [Policy brief] World Bank (2022).
“Hacia una mejor redistribución del ingreso y la igualdad de género en Chile.” (Spanish) [Policy brief] World Bank (2022).
“How Do Cash Transfers Affect Child Work and Schooling? Surprising evidence from Malawi, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia” [Policy brief] UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2020).
“Impact of the United Republic of Tanzania’s Productive Social Safety Net on Child Labour and Education” [Policy brief] UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2020).
“Evidence on Social Protection in Contexts of Fragility and Forced Displacement” [Policy brief] UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2018).
“The Importance of Understanding and Monitoring the Effects of Cash Transfer Programmes on Child Labour and Education: Findings from Malawi” [Policy brief] UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (2018).
Blogs:
“Poverty is not gender neutral in Latin America and the Caribbean” [Blog English & Spanish] World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Blog (2024). Joint with Paola Buitrago-Hernandez, Phoebe Ishak, Raquel Melgar Calderon, and Hugo Ñopo.
“How can the latest Survey of Living Conditions in Suriname help with the pursuit of development” [Blog] IDB Caribbean Development Trends Blog (2023). Joint with Diether Beuermann and Rosita Sobhie.
“Change is possible, but progress remains stagnant in addressing gender gaps” [Blog English & Spanish] World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Blog (2023). Joint with Paola Buitrago-Hernandez, Daniela Maquera Sardón, Raquel Melgar Calderon, and Kavell Joseph
“Why are poverty and inequality not declining in Costa Rica?” [Blog English & Spanish] World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Blog (2022). Joint with Agustin Arakaki.
“Promoting women's employment in Latin America and the Caribbean” [Blog English and Spanish] World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Blog (2022). Joint with Kavell Joseph, Maria Emilia Cucagna, and Javier Romero Haaker
“A shot in the arm: How to increase COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and uptake in the Caribbean?” [Blog] World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Blog (2022). Joint with Amy Margolies, Phillis Kim, Anna Luisa Paffhausen, and Laura di Giorgio.
“COVID-19 crisis could reverse years of growth in Chile’s middle class” [Blog English and Spanish] World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Blog (2020). With Gabriela Inchauste and Trinidad Saavedra.
“Digging deeper with data: Child labour and learning” [Blog] UNICEF Connect, Evidence for Action (2020). Joint with Hyunju Park, Suguru Mizunoya, Claudia Cappa, and Manuel Cardoso
“How a Displacement Crisis Helped Jordan Support its Population During COVID-19” [Blog] UNICEF Connect, Evidence for Action (2020). Joint with Mays Albaddawi, Alexis Boncenne, Angie Lee, Luisa Natali, Matthew McNaughton, and Manuel Rodriguez Pumarol
“Why Child Labour Cannot Be Forgotten During COVID-19” [Blog] UNICEF Connect, Evidence for Action (2020). Joint with Eric Edmonds
“Fast Access to Cash Provides Urgent Relief to Those Hit Hardest by COVID-19” UNICEF Connect, Evidence for Action (2020). [Blog] Joint with Alexis Boncenne, Angie Lee, and Luisa Natali
“Research on Humanitarian Social Protection is not only Possible, but Desperately Needed” VoxEU (2019). [Blog] Joint with Tilman Brück, Jose Cuesta, Ugo Gentilini, Angie Lee, and Amber Peterman
“No Lost Generation: Cash Transfers for Displaced Syrian Children in Lebanon” [Blog] UNICEF Connect, Evidence for Action (2018)
“Do Cash Transfers Lower Child Labor?” [Blog] The World Bank, Let’s Talk Development (2014)