Lelys Dinarte-Diaz is an Economist in the Poverty, Inequality, and Human Development Team of the World Bank's Development Research Group. Her research agenda explores three main questions: (1) Do investments in early childhood yield positive outcomes for both parents and children? (2) What interventions are effective in addressing violent behaviors and promoting the well-being of adolescents? (3) How can educational services be enhanced in settings that are fragile and affected by conflict? To investigate these questions, she conducts both experimental and non-experimental studies in various regions, including Latin America, Eastern Europe, South Asia, and South Saharan Africa. She obtained her PhD and master’s in economics from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2018 and her B.A. in Economics from ESEN in El Salvador in 2010. She is research fellow at CESifo and research affiliate at the IZA, HiCN, and AMIE networks and at the DECRG's CRWJ and AI/DD research centers and a regular contributor to the Development Impact blog.
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