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Larissa Campuzano
Senior Researcher
Larissa Campuzano is a senior researcher with expertise in the design and implementation of experimental and nonexperimental evaluations. Her main research areas are education and international development.
Campuzano co-directs an evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Account with El Salvador, which includes social programs in education and productive development. She is also the deputy principal investigator for the English Language Learners topic area of the What Works Clearinghouse, which is administered by the U. S. Department of Education (ED).
Other work includes evaluations of the effectiveness of educational technology interventions for ED and of the Habitat social program for the Ministry of Social Development in Mexico.
Campuzano’s work includes publications in peer-reviewed journals, such as Games and Economic Behavior and the Journal of Well-Being and Social Policy. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Rochester.
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- Areas of Expertise
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- Professional Activities
- Publications
- Design and implementation of experimental and nonexperimental evaluations
- Education research
- International development
- Presenter, Making Impact Evaluations of Social Programs Work Conference, Mexico City (2009)
- Presenter, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, DC (2007)
- Presenter, Econometric Society Latin American Meetings, Mexico City (2006)
- "Evaluation of UNICEF's Early Childhood Development Programme with Focus on Government of Netherlands Funding (2008-2010): Global Synthesis Report" (July 2011)
- "An Experimental Assessment of the Effects of Reading Software Products on Reading Test Scores." Effective Education (March 2010)
- "Toward Closing the Evaluation Gap: Lessons from Three Recent Impact Evaluations of Social Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean." Well-Being and Social Policy (fall 2009)