Brief Candidate Profile:

Julieta is an applied development economist, who focuses on the role of fathers in the development of children in the early years by looking at the extreme case of paternal absence. As part of her research agenda, she is also involved in the evaluation of two interventions in Africa, a cost-effectiveness study of two early childhood parenting programs in Cote d'Ivoire and a project aimed at reducing menstrual stigma among school-girls in rural Madagascar.