Research
Research
Ongoing Research Projects and Working Papers
“Texting for Nutrition at Scale: Experimental Evidence from the National Home Visiting Program in Ecuador.” Forthcoming (with Rafael David Puebla Robles and Laura Guerrero Sánchez) AEA Trial Registry | IPA Research Summary
“Impact Evaluation of the First Thousand Days Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Ecuador.” Forthcoming. (with Rafael David Puebla Robles and Sara Maí Suárez Guayasamin)
“Texting for Nutrition: Experimental Evidence from Ecuador.” Forthcoming. (with Ana Maria Oviedo and Priscila Vera Jibaya)
“Aspirations and Fertility Decision Making in Quito Ecuador.” Forthcoming. (with Marta Favara and Facundo Cuevas)
“Mentorship and Village Saving and Loans Associations for Female Micro-Entrepreneurs in Conflict-Affected Areas of Nigeria.” Forthcoming. AEA Trial Registry | Women for Women International Research Summary
“The Twists and Turns in the Road to Justice in Colombia.” Forthcoming. (with Juan Vargas, Jorge Luis Silva Mendez, and Diana Ortiz)
Articles, Books, and Chapters in Books
“Bono 1000 Dias: Impact Evaluation and Strategic Recommendations – Policy note (Spanish).” 2025. (with Nelson Gutierrez, Rafael David Puebla Robles, Sara Maí Suárez Guayasamin, and Juan Carlos Palacios Mora) The World Bank.
“Towards Peru’s Second Generation of Reforms on Early Childhood Development.” 2019. (with Patricia M. Bernedo, Hugo Martin Brousset Chaman, Marielli Guilliana Bruno Honores, Luis Cordero, Patricia O. Orna, Claudia Rokx, Claudia Maria Sanchez Lanning, Carmen Veronica Del Rosario Silva Villalobos, and Priscila Mireya Vera Jibaja.) The World Bank.
Powerful Text Messages: Promoting Health Improvements. 2018. (with Nelson Gutierrez, Cristina Medina and Priscila Vera Jibaya) The World Bank.
Pipe(d) Dreams: Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Progress and Remaining Challenges in Ecuador. 2017. Analytical contributions made to the publication by World Bank.
“Redistribution in Times of Fiscal Pressure: Using Games to Inform a Subsidy Reform in El Salvador.” 2017. (with German Caruso, Manuel Sanchez Masferrer, and Kinnon Scott) Published chapter in ed. Calvo-Gonzalez and Zoratto Behavioral Insights for Development: Cases from Central America. World Bank, Washington DC
“Enhancing Youth Skills and Economic Opportunities to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Colombia.” 2015. (with Gimenez et al.) The World Bank and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
“Using Evidence to Build Effective Transitional Justice Policies in Colombia.” 2016. (with Juan Vargas, Jorge Luis Silva Mendez, Adrienne Hathaway, and Diana Ortiz), World Bank Blog and Vision of Humanity
“Shared Prosperity and Opportunities in El Salvador.” 2015. (with Mateo Salazar, and Kinnon Scott) Published chapter in ed. Cord, Genoni, and Rodriguez-Castelan Shared Prosperity and Poverty Eradication in Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, Washington DC.
“Review of Rigorous Impact Evaluations of Mobile Phone Interventions.” 2012. Contributions from the research published in the full report ed. Buvinic, Furst-Nichols, and Courey Pryor. 2013. A Roadmap for Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment. United Nations Foundation, Exxon Mobil.
Teenage Pregnancy and Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean: On Teenage Fertility Decisions, Poverty, and Economic Achievement. 2012. (Part of the research support team. Authors: Joao Pedro Azevedo, Marta Favara, Sarah E. Haddock, Luis F. Lopez-Calva, Miriam Muller, and Elizaveta Perova) The World Bank, Washington DC.
“Resilience and Livelihoods Change in Tigray, Ethiopia.” 2012. (with Bapu Vaitla, Girmay Tesfay, Daniel Maxwell) Feinstein International Center. Tufts University.
“Desk Study on the Human Development Approach, and its Potential Applicability to USAID.” 2012. (with Hammock, de Alba, and Barham) Washington, DC: Management Systems International.