Mauricio Espinoza

Journal articles

Balancing practical and strategic gender needs in a ‘cash plus’ programme in Dhaka, Bangladesh (with Keetie Roelen, Giel Ton, Mariah Cannon, and Saklain Al Mamun). The Journal of Development Studies. Forthcoming
The Rule of Law, Collective Action, and Growth: Micro Evidence from Peru (with Phillip Keefer, Álvaro Espinoza and Ricardo Fort). Economic Development and Cultural Change, 74(3), April, 2026.
The Impact of Peru’s Land Reform on National Agricultural Productivity: A Synthetic Control Study (with Javier Escobal). Land Use Policy, 157, 107619, 2025.
Food Safety Certification in Urban Food Markets: The Willingness to Pay for Safer Meat in Peru (with Ayako Ebata and Giel Ton). Food Security, 17, 461-476, 2025.
New Approach to Children’s Work that Prioritises Resilience, Well-being and Agency: Emerging Findings from a ‘Cash Plus’ Intervention in Bangladesh (with Neil Howard, Keetie Roelen, Giel Ton, Kabita Chowdhury, Taslima Aktar, and Lopita Huq). BMJ Paediatrics Open, 9:e002422, 2025.
Evaluating the Efficacy of Social Innovation Programming at Advancing Rural Development in the Context of Exogenous Shocks (with Rodrigo Rivarola, Ricardo Fort, and Joshua Fisher). Sustainability, 16(13):5664, 2024.
COVID Policy and Urban Food Markets in Peru: Governance and Compliance (with Giel Ton and Ricardo Fort). The Journal of Development Studies, 59:6, 854-872, 2023.
Land reform and human capital development: evidence from Peru (with Michael Albertus and Ricado Fort). Journal of Development Economics, 147, 102540, 2020.

Book chapters

Food Distribution Models in Latin America: Unraveling the Effects of Physical Access on Food Security (with Álvaro Espinoza and Ricardo Fort). In: Cimadamore, A.D., Cherniak, C.B. (eds) Food Security in the Era of the SDGs. Global Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83841-5_9
Reorganizing Peru: Intermediate Cities and Development (with Álvaro Espinoza and Ricardo Fort). In Maria Balarin, Santiago Cueto, Ricardo Fort (editors). "The Pending Peru: Essays for a Development with Well-being". GRADE / CENDOC. Lima: 287-310 (chapter 4A), 2022.
50 years after the Peruvian Agrarian Reform: New Evidence on its Spatial-Temporal Unfolding and Long-Term Effects (with Javier Escobal and Ricardo Fort). In Vargas, Silvana and Bravo, Mirella (editors). Peru: The Agrarian Problem in Debate. SEPIA XVII / Permanent Seminar on Agricultural Research. Lima: 33-70, 2020.
Productivity of Peru’s Agriculture (with Ricardo Fort). In World Bank Gaining momentum in Peruvian agriculture: Opportunities to increase productivity and enhance competitiveness. Washington, DC: World Bank, 58-90 (chapter 5), 2017.
Food Security and Negative Shocks in Rural Peru (with Miguel Figallo). In Ascencio, Raúl H., Eguren, Fernando, & Ruiz, Manuel (editors). Peru: The Agrarian Problem in Debate. SEPIA XIV / Permanent Seminar on Agricultural Research. Lima: 329-361, 2012.

Books

Landed Elites, Redistribution’s Pitfalls, and Barriers to Development in Peru. [internal PhD, WU, Wageningen University]. Wageningen University, 212p, 2025.
Peru: The Agrarian Problem in Debate. SEPIA XX / Permanent Seminar on Agrarian Research. Araujo, A., Espinoza, M., & Bravo, M. (Eds.) Lima: SEPIA, 800p, 2024.
Comparative Study of Interventions for Rural Development in the Southern Highlands of Peru (with Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce, and Ramón Pajuelo). Lima: FORD Foundation; GRADE. 160p, 2012.

Working Papers

Farm Productivity and Commercial Agriculture: Evidence from a Stochastic Frontier Analysis in Six Sub-Saharan African Countries (with Carolina Trivelli and Andrés Fuica). VeriXiv, 3:87, 2026.
Welfare and Opportunities for Small-Scale Producers and MSMEs in Rural Africa: An Econometric Analysis (with Carolina Trivelli, Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, Thomas Reardon, Andrés Fuica, MingDa Li, and Jhonatan Clausen). VeriXiv, 2:416, 2025.
CLARISSA Cash Plus Social Protection Intervention: An Evaluation (with Neil Howard, Keetie Roelen, Giel Ton, Afrin Aktar, and Saklain Al Mamun). CLARISSA Research and Evidence Paper 12, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, 2024.
The impact of the Pandemic on the Food Distribution System in Peru: Retail Food Markets (with Álvaro Espinoza and Ricardo Fort). Lima: GRADE. (Research Papers, 126), 2022.
Salmonella in Chicken and Pork Meat are Likely to be a Major Contributor to Foodborne Illness in Peru (with Ana Ho-Palma, Eloy Gonzales-Gustavson, Giel Ton, Ricardo Fort, Armando Gonzales, Javier Guitan, and others). SSRN Working Paper, 2022.
COVID-19 and Migration from the City to the Countryside in Peru: Identification of Threats and Opportunities for the Sustainable Use of Natural Capital (with Ricardo Fort and Álvaro Espinoza). Editors: Paloma Marcos Morezuelas, Carlos Javier Puig, Jaime Fernández-Baca, Ana Saori Iju Fukushima, Santiago Bucaram, María Jimena Romero. IADB Technical Note 2234. December 2021.
The Impact of Social Ties and Third-Party Enforcement on Collective Action and Growth: Micro Evidence from Peru (with Philip Keefer, Álvaro Espinoza and Ricardo Fort). IADB Working Paper N° IDB-WP-1061, 2019.
Understanding Heterogeneity in Peruvian Agriculture: A meta-frontier Approach for Analyzing Technical Efficiency (with Ricardo Fort, Ashwini Sebastian, Michael Morris, and Luis Villazón). 30th ICAE Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277134, International Association of Agricultural Economists, 2018.
Peasant Modernization Under Scrutiny: Exploring the Impact of Sierra Productiva Program at the District Level. Research Progress Papers (18). Lima: GRADE. 94p, 2014.

Work in progress

The Unpromised Land: Elites and Human Capital Development in 20th-Century Peru (with Héctor Paredes).
Pathways of Development: The Long Shadow of Peru's Inca Road (with Michael Albertus, Ricardo Fort, and Álvaro Espinoza).
Competition, Social Learning and Mobile Money Adoption: Evidence from Peru (with Phillip Keefer, Ricardo Fort, Álvaro Espinoza, and Rodrigo Rivarola).