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WORK IN PROGRESS

The Impacts of Computers and Internet at Home (with Julian Cristia, Santiago Cueto and Ofer Malamud)

Telecommunication Technologies, Pre-Natal Controls and Neo-Natal Health: Evidence from a Randomized interventionin Ventanilla Peru (with Walter Curioso, Patricia Garcia and Alessandro Maffioli)

Big Math for Little Kids: Assessing the Effectiveness of Introducing Math Lessons at the Pre-School Level in Cordillera Paraguay (with Emma Naslund-Hadley, Paul Neira and Susan Parker)

The Effects of Class Size on Academic Performance: Evidence from nationwide application of Maimonides Rule in

Peru (with Gabriel Lara and Inder Ruprah)

The Effects of Electrification on Household Time Allocation, Savings, and Health: Evidence from Rural Peru (withInder Ruprah)

How to Read and Supervise an Impact Evaluation: A non-technical presentation (with Inder Ruprah)

GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS

November 2010: Economic and Social Research Consortium (CIES) Grant. Lima (Peru). This a competitive researchgrant worth US$15,000.00 sponsored by CIES, with funds from the International Development Research Center (IDRC)October 2008: Economic and Social Research Consortium (CIES) Grant. Lima (Peru). This a competitive research grantworth US$20,000.00 sponsored by CIES, with funds from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) andthe International Development Research Center (IDRC)August 2006 May 2010: Graduate Assistantship.- PhD. in Economics Program - University of Maryland (USA)July 2000: Santander 2000 scholarship granted by the Universidad Internacional Menedez-Pelayo (Spain)July 1999: Full tuition scholarship granted by the Universidad de Lima (Peru)

HONORS & AWARDS

February 2010: Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Award. Fellowship worth US$10,000.00 awarded to the top two Ph.D.Candidates in Economics at the University of Maryland College Park, USA.February 2010: Selected by the Western Economic Association to participate in the 2010 Graduate Student DissertationWorkshop held in Portland on June 2010. This selection is based on having been recognized as one of the top two Ph.D.Candidates in Economics at the University of Maryland College Park, USA.June 2009: Selected for participation in the 2009 Price Theory Summer Camp at the Becker Center University ofChicago (USA)

March 2009: Jacob K. Goldhaber Award, for travel to academic conferences.August 2007: Pass with Distinction, Ph.D. Core Examination in Macroeconomics, University of Maryland College Park,USA.December 2006: Prima AFP Excellence Prize. Lima (Peru). Prize awarded for excellent academic record duringundergraduate studies at the Universidad de Lima, Peru.July 2006: First place of graduation: Economics undergraduate degree - Universidad de Lima (Peru)January 2004: Best Overall Academic Performance Prize: M.Sc. in Finance Program 2002/2003 - University of Durham(UK)August 2001: Fourth place of graduation: Business Management undergraduate degree - Universidad de Lima (Peru)

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

IV Encuentro Internacional de Finanzas - January 2004 (Via del Mar Chile)55th Annual Midwest Economics and Finance Association Conference March 2006 (Chicago - USA)

Washington Area Finance Association Annual Conference March 2006 (Washington D.C. USA)Global Finance Conference April 2006 (Rio de Janeiro-Brazil)56th Annual Midwest Economics and Finance Association Conference March 2007 (Minneapolis-USA)Financial Management Association Annual Meeting October 2007 (Orlando-USA)European Financial Management Association, 2008 Annual Meetings June 2008 (Athens-Greece)International Federation of Operational Research Societies Conference July 2008 (Sandton-South Africa)Second Annual Graduate Student Conference on Political Economy May 2009 (Alexander Hamilton Center at NYU)The 8th Journes Louis-Andr Grard-Varet - Conference in Public Economics June 2009 (Marseille-France)Modeling and Analysis of Safety and Risk in Complex Systems July 2009 (Saint Petersburg-Russia)2009 Far East and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society August 2009 (Tokyo-Japan)Singapore Economic Review Conference (SERC) 2009 August 2009 (Singapore-Singapore)Third Annual Graduate Student Conference on Political Economy May 2010 (Alexander Hamilton Center at NYU)2010 Western Economic Association Graduate Student Dissertation Workshop June 2010 (Portland-USA)25th Meeting of the European Economic Association August 2010 (Glasgow-UK)

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4th Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association Impact Evaluation Network October 2010(Miami USA)2010 North Eastern Universities Development Consortium November 2010 (Boston USA)Midwest International Economic Development Conference 2011 April 2011 (Madison USA)INFINITI Conference on International Finance 2011 June 2011 (Dublin Ireland)26th Meeting of the European Economic Association August 2011 (Oslo - Norway)Peruvian Central Bank October 2011 (Lima Peru)The World Bank November 2011 (Washington D.C. USA)

ACADEMIC CAREER SUMMARY

07/2010 to Present Affiliated Professor: CENTRUM Business School Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Lima Peru)

12/2009 to Present Research Network Member: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Summer 2010 Session - Instructor: University of Maryland College Park, USA, Department of Economics. Taught thecourse Money and Banking

Fall 2009 Session - Instructor: University of Maryland College Park, USA, Department of Economics. Taught thepractical section of the course Empirical Microeconometrics. This is a core course of the second year of the Ph.D. inEconomics program.

Summer 2009 Session - Instructor: University of Maryland College Park, USA, Department of Economics. Taught thecourse Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

05/2009 to 09/2009 - Research Assistant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Boston, USA, Department ofEconomics. RA to Professor David Autor.

08/2008 to 09/2009 - Research Assistant: University of Maryland College Park, USA, Department of Economics. RA toProfessor Mark Duggan.

Summer 2008 Session - Instructor: University of Maryland College Park, USA, Department of Economics. Taught thecourse Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

03/2004 to 07/2004 - Lecturer: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima Peru. This university is the oldest in

Latin-America. In charge of the Corporate Finance module at the last year of the BSc. in Economics program.Achievements: Elected as the Best Lecturer of the Economics Department by the Students Survey 2004-1.

10/2002 to 07/2003 - Research Assistant: University of Durham, UK, Department of Economics and Finance. RA toProfessor Antonios Antoniou.

NON-ACADEMIC CAREER SUMMARY

07/2010 to present Economics Specialist: Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C., USA. Office ofEvaluation and Oversight (OVE). Evaluations Conducted: Oversight Note on Credit Risk Management (RE-386); 8thIndependent Evaluation Report to the IIC Board of Governors (Under QRR); 3rd Independent Evaluation Report to theDonors Committee of the MIF (Under QRR)

01/2006 to present Research Associate: Instituto Del Per, Lima, Per. Performed impact evaluations on land titling

programs as COFOPRI and telecommunications interventions as FITEL.

05/2010 to 08/2010 Consultant: The World Bank, Washington D.C., USA. Department of Poverty Reduction andEconomic Management in Latin-America and the Caribbean (LAC). Supervised by Dr. Renos Vakis (Senior Economist)

01/2009 to 10/2009 Evaluation Team Leader: Instituto CUANTO, Lima, Per. Leader in the impact evaluationconducted for the Fund for Investment in Telecommunications (FITEL). The evaluation assessed the economic and socialeffects of FITELs rural phones projects in highly isolated villages of rural Peru. Supervised instruments design; surveydesign; field data collection; data processing; econometric and analytical work.

05/2008 to 08/2010 Consultant: The World Bank, Washington D.C., USA. Department of Sustainable Development inEastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). Performed instruments design, survey design, field data collection andeconometric analysis regarding the impact evaluation of the project entitled Local Governance and Civic Engagement in

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Rural Russia. Performed poverty and inequality analysis (using survey and census data) for the rural Russian regions ofAdyghea, Penza and Perm. Supervised by Dr. Maria Amelina (Senior Social Development Specialist)

11/2008 to 02/2009 Consultant: The World Bank, Washington D.C., USA. Independent Evaluation Group (IEG).Performed a spatial analysis using ArcGIS to identify villages in the same catchment areas but that were differentiallycovered by a program that provided improved irrigation canals. After identification of such villages, we exploit the timingof the intervention to assess treatment effects on several measures of agricultural productivity using geo-coded householdsurveys. Results are contained in the World Bank document entitled An Impact Evaluation of a Multi-ComponentIrrigation Project on Farm Households in Peru. Supervised by Dr. Ximena Del Carpio (IEG Economist)

05/2005 to 07/2010 Consultant: Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C., USA. Office of Evaluation andOversight (OVE). Part of the following evaluation teams: An Evaluation of The Financial Intermediary Lines of theInter-American Investment Corporation and An Evaluation of the Banks Actions Towards the Financial Sector viaMultisector Global Credit and Policy Based Operations 1990 to 2004.Evaluations conducted individually: 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Independent Evaluation Reports to the IIC Board of Governors. 1stand 2nd Independent Evaluation Reports to the Donors Committee of the MIF. Deep expertise in the MultilateralDevelopment Banks Evaluation Cooperation Group Good Practice Standards (MDB-ECG GPS). Supervised byAlejandro Soriano (Economics Principal Specialist)

02/2005 to 04/2005 Winter Intern: Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C., USA. Office of Evaluationand Oversight (OVE). Part of the following evaluation teams: An Evaluation of The Financial Intermediary Lines of theInter-American Investment Corporation and An Evaluation of the Banks Actions Towards the Financial Sector viaMultisector Global Credit and Policy Based Operations 1990 to 2004. Supervised by Bernardo Guillamon (Advisor)

and Alejandro Soriano (Economics Principal Specialist)

03/2004 to 01/2005 Financial Manager: Specchi S.A.C., Lima Peru. "Specchi" is the large beauty salon chain in Peru,with seven salons and one central administration office. In charge of investment analysis and organization of the companyin order to start a franchising strategy in different cities of Peru.Achievements: Analysis and implementation of an industrial laundry system, saving 50% in variable costs.Successful design of a transactional .NET information system which interconnects the salons with the central office interms of accounting, clients database, employees commissions and inventories.

08/2003 to 02/2004 - Financial Director: BMP Ingenieros S.A., Lima - Peru. "BMP" is one of the greatesttelecommunications systems integrators in Peru. The responsibility was to organize and analyze different projects in thetelecommunications businesses. The position included economic analysis, business analysis, competitors analysis, cashflow management and financial budgeting.

Achievements: Successful wage reorganization program which yielded savings of almost 30% in the payroll of thecompany, without decreasing the effective wage of the employees.

01/2002 to 09/2002 - Finance Assistant: Specchi S.A.C., Lima - Peru. Responsible for cash flow update, investmentanalysis, market risks analysis and general management assistantship.

07/1999 to 12/2001 - Quality Assistant: BMP Ingenieros S.A., Lima - Peru. I was part of the quality department. Ourmajor responsibility was to develop a quality system in concordance with ISO 9001:2000 quality regulations andcertificate the company with that quality rule.Achievements: Successful Development of a quality system according with ISO 9001:2000 regulations.

LANGUAGES

Spanish (First language), English (Proficient).

IT SKILLS

Proficient in STATA, SAS, WINRATS, TSP, E-VIEWS, SPSS, Givewin and Pcgive. Proficiency in MS Office (Excel,Word, Power Point, Front Page, Access and Publisher), MS Project, Latex, WinEdt.

SPORTS & HOBBIES

1992 to 2000: Member of the Peruvian Rowing Team. 21th position in the 1995 World Junior Rowing Championship(double scull boat). South-American Sub-Champion in 1996 (lightweight quadruple scull boat)2000 to 2004: Manager of the Peruvian Rowing Team. 5th and 6th places in the World Junior Rowing Championships of2000 and 2001 respectively (coxed pair boat)2009 to present: Marinera.- Peruvian typical dance involving substantial elegance and feet work. Semi-finalist in the 2010and 2011 Peruvian National Championships (Trujillo Peru).

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ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

American Economic Association, The Econometric Society, European Economic Association, Latin American andCaribbean Economic Association.