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About Lorena Alcázar

Lorena is a Senior Researcher at GRADE. She has implemented various projects and has published numerous works on social policy, education, health, poverty, and design and evaluation of social programmes.

COVID-19 in the Global South: Impacts and policy responses

By Lorena Alcázar, Debapriya Bhattacharya, Estefania Charvet, Tausi Kida, Desmond Mushi, Dirk Willem te Velde and Andrea Ordoñez2021-05-06T13:40:47+00:00February 23, 2021|

The objective of this analysis is to explore the impact of, and responses to, COVID-19 and how it is affecting the Global South.

Poor education and precarious jobs in Peru: Understanding who is left behind and why

By Lorena Alcázar, Micaela Bullard and María Balarin2020-08-19T15:34:40+00:00May 11, 2020|

Large inequalities in Peru make fulfilling the ’leave no one behind’ UN 2030 Agenda commitment the country’s largest challenge.

A global action plan for developing countries to address the coronavirus crisis: Southern perspectives

By Andrea Ordóñez, Lorena Alcázar, Debapriya Bhattacharya, Dirk Willem te Velde and Tausi Kida2021-05-11T15:51:21+00:00April 24, 2020|

COVID-19 reached the poorest countries with a time lag but now they are facing multiple shocks.

The Consequences of Gender Discrimination in Work and Education in Peru

By Lorena Alcázar2020-02-10T22:35:44+00:00June 5, 2019|

Lee en español aqui Gender discrimination has haunted Veronica (25) ever since she was [...]

Meeting the Left Behind Youth in Peru

By Lorena Alcázar2019-08-12T20:49:19+00:00April 3, 2019|

Ruth (25) lives in a house with her parents and two sons in the rural town of Canta, in [...]