Alan Sanchez

Alan is now Senior Researcher at Young Lives in Oxford, formerly he was the Principal Investigator for Young Lives Peru. He is also a Senior Researcher at GRADE.

Alan has a DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. He also holds a masters degree in Economics for Development from Oxford and a BA in Economics from Universidad de Lima (Peru). His research has focused on the study of the short-term and long-term consequences of early-life shocks; skills formation; and, impact evaluation of social programmes.

Prior to his appointment, he was a Senior Economist in the Economic Research Division of the Banco Central de Reserva del Peru (Central Bank of Peru). He is also a part-time lecturer at Universidad de Piura in Lima, Peru.