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First Meeting

María Laura Alzua (IERAL-Fundación Mediterránea)
malzua@ieral.org

Felipe Barrera-Osorio (Human Development Network-The World Bank)
fbarrera@worldbank.org

Ana Santiago (OVE-Inter-American Development Bank)
asantiago@iadb.org

Carolina Renteria (Directora Nacional de Planeación, Colombia)
Opening Remarks

Karlan, Dean (Yale University)
Microfinance: Building Better Products through Randomized Evaluations .

Orazio Atanassio (University College, London)
Evaluating and (Re)-Designing Conditional Cash Transfers .

Levy, Santiago (Inter-American Development Bank)

Briceño, Bertha (Departamento Nacional de Planeación, Colombia)

Mauricio Cárdenas (Fedesarrollo-LACEA)
Closing Remarks .

Mónica Yanez-Pagans (University of Illinois at Urbana Campaign)
Ethnicity, Gender and Educational Expenditure in Bolivia: Evaluation of an Old-Age Cash Transfer Program .

Comments by Felipe Barrera-Osorio (World Bank)

José Galdo (McMaster University)
Does the Quality of Public-Sponsored Training Programs Matter? Evidence from Bidding Processes Data .

Comments by Maria Laura Alzúa (IERAL-Fundación Mediterránea)

Martha Rubio Codina (University College, London)
Empowering Parents To Improve Education: Evidence From Rural Mexico .

Comments by Emiliana Vegas (World Bank)

Leigh Linden (Columbia University)
Testing Alternative Approaches to Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Education: Evidence from Colombia .

Comments by Yuri Soares (Inter-American Development Bank)

Miguel Jaramillo (GRADE)
Do the Poorest Among the Poor Benefit Less from Active Labor Market Programs? Evidence from Peru’s Projoven .

Comments by Ignacio Franchesceli (Northwestern University)

Vincenzo Di Maro (University College, London)
Looking Within The Household: Impacts for Individual Outcomes Using Aggregate Household Data .

Comments by Miguel Jaramillo (GRADE)

Miguel Sarzosa (Inter-American Development Bank)
The Welfare Impacts of Local Investment Projects: Evidence from the Guatemala FIS .

Comments by Filipe de Souza (London School of Economics)