Peer-Reviewed Publications

Estimating the Human Development Impacts and Economic Returns from an Adolescent Cash ‘Plus’ Programme in Kenya: An Economic Modelling Study. 2026. With William E. Rudgard, Chris Desmond, Broline S. Asuma, Ritapriya Bandyopadhyay, Sopuruchukwu Obiesie, Kathryn G. Watt, Luciana Leite, Rachel Yates, Brendan Maughan-Brown, Elona Toska and Lucie D. Cluver. PLOS Global Public Health, 6(7), e0006822.

‘Get Three for the Price of One’: Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Multi-Outcome Interventions. 2026. With Chris Desmond, William E. Rudgard, Sopuruchukwu Obiesie and Lucie Cluver. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 18(1), 47–62.

Heterogeneous Effects of Violence on Student Achievement: Evidence from Colombia. 2024. Journal of International Development, 36(2), 1536–1569.

The Climate Crisis and Violence Against Children. 2023. With Jorge Cuartas, Amiya Bhatia, Daniel Carter, Lucie Cluver, Carolina Coll, Catherine E. Draper, Elizabeth Donger et al. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 7(9), 605–607.

Unveiling the Causal Mechanisms within Multidimensional Poverty. 2023. Evaluation Review, 47(6), 1107–1134.

Student Learning in Online College Programs. 2021. With Stephanie R. Cellini. AERA Open, 7(1), 1–18.

Gold Mining and Mercury Pollution in Colombia: Policy Recommendations to Reduce the Trade-off Between Economic Growth and Sustainability. 2019. Policy Perspectives, 26, 51–64.

Political Violence as an Obstacle for the Election of Leftist Governments in Latin America: The Colombian Case. 2015. The Cornell Policy Review, 5(1), 115–132.

La Moral Hobbesiana como Equilibrio de Mercado. 2013. Investigaciones de Historia Económica – Economic History Research, 9(2), 88–96.

Working Papers

From Space to Impact: Measuring the Speed and Economic Value of Early Recovery. 2026. With Carlo Ruiz, Joelle Seme Park and Hamed Sambo. SSRN Working Paper 7503198.

Education, Child Marriage, and Heterogeneous Wage Returns among Women in Nigeria. 2026. With Ritapriya Bandyopadhyay, Christopher Desmond, Brendan Maughan-Brown, William E. Rudgard and Lucie Cluver. SSRN Working Paper 5409522.

Conflict, Climate, and Cash: Protecting Children in Nigeria’s Conflict Zones. 2025. With Enrique Delamónica, Oliver Fiala, Ololade Julius Baruwa, Jorge Cuartas and Lucie Cluver. SSRN Working Paper 5054962.

The Case for Rights-Based Investments in Adolescent Girls in Kenya: An Economic Modelling Study. 2024. With William Rudgard, Christopher Desmond, Sopuruchukwu Obiesie, Ritapriya Bandyopadhyay, Kathryn G. Watt, Rachel Yates et al. SSRN Working Paper 4796783.

The Impact of Armed Conflict on College Students. 2023. Annenberg Institute at Brown University, EdWorkingPaper 23-733.

Policy Documents

Análisis de la situación del desarrollo en la primera infancia en Colombia y recomendaciones de política. 2026. With Jorge Cuartas et al. Documentos CEDE, 2026-51, Universidad de los Andes.

Right on the Money: How Social Protection Can Support Adolescent Well-Being in the Middle East and North Africa. 2024. With William Rudgard, Christopher Desmond, Rachel Yates, Sopuruchukwu Obiesie et al. UNICEF.

A Disproportionate Burden: Children in Poverty Bearing the Brunt of the Climate Crisis. 2024. With Oliver Fiala, Charlotte Bilo, Solrun Engilbertsdóttir, Enrique Delamónica, Katie Ford et al. Global Coalition to End Child Poverty.

Protección Social en la Pesca Artesanal y la Acuicultura de Recursos Limitados en América Latina y el Caribe. 2019. With L. Boix, M. Quesada, V. Ríos and V. Quintanilla. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Recuperación de la Actividad Productiva y los Medios de Vida Posterremoto en Ecuador: Aproximación en Tres Fases. 2017. With Carlo Ruiz-Giraldo. In Posterremoto, Gestión de Riesgo y Cooperación Internacional: Ecuador. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).