# LIDE — Laboratorio de Investigación para el Desarrollo del Ecuador

> LIDE is an independent, nonpartisan Ecuadorian research lab that promotes evidence-based social policy through rigorous quantitative research.

Language: en
Homepage: https://laboratoriolide.org/en/
Search index: https://laboratoriolide.org/en/index.json

## Main sections

- [Blog](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/): News, calls for applications, and stories from the Ecuadorian Development Research Lab (LIDE) about its research, scholarships and programs.
- [Our projects](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/projects/): Explore LIDE's education, research, and development programs in Ecuador, including scholarships, the Young Researchers Fellowship and internships.
- [Research](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/research/): Explore LIDE research on health, education, labor, gender, and public policy in Ecuador, from mobile primary care teams to population aging.
- [Researchers](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/researchers/): Meet the co-directors, researchers and students who make up the team of the Ecuadorian Development Research Lab (LIDE).
- [Careers at LIDE](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/careers/): Work with the Ecuadorian Development Research Lab on research, education, and opportunities for students and communities.
## Pages

- [LIDE launches the call for El Quantificador Scholarships 2026–2027](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2026-09-19-becas-el-quantificador/): LIDE and DataCamp open applications for the El Quantificador Scholarships 2026–2027: free DataCamp access to programming and data science courses.
- [LIDE Opens Enrollment for the 2026 New Dimensions Bootcamp with Partial and Full Scholarships](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2026-07-14-inscripciones-new-dimensions/): LIDE opens enrollment for the 2026 New Dimensions Bootcamp, a virtual data analysis and business intelligence program with 25%, 50% and 100% scholarships.
- [Ecuador Quantificado Contest 2026](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2026-05-24-ecuador-quantificado-contest/): El Quantificador and LIDE launched the Ecuador Quantificado Contest 2026, an open call for data analysis and visualization about Ecuador.
- [Young Researchers Fellowship concludes successfully: strengthening Ecuador's next generation of social scientists](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2026-03-24-cierre-yrf/): LIDE's Young Researchers Fellowship concludes its first edition, training young social scientists from across Ecuador in quantitative research and policy.
- [Demographic Shifts and Aging in Ecuador: Health Challenges and Policy Opportunities](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/research/2025-09-05-aging-ecuador/): A review of gerontological research and the institutional context in Ecuador, where rising longevity and falling fertility are driving population aging.
- [Connecting Cultures: The Impact of the Young Researchers Fellowship Program – University of Minnesota on English Language Education](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2025-07-13-umn-lide-testimonials/): University of Minnesota volunteers teach weekly online English lessons to high-achieving, low-income students in Ecuador through a LIDE program.
- [LIDE launches a volunteering program for University of Minnesota students](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2025-04-13-lide-umn-volunteering/): LIDE launches a remote volunteering program for University of Minnesota students to support inclusive education and evidence-based policy in Ecuador.
- [From Ecuador to the US: LIDE becomes a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the US](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2025-02-03-lide-becomes-501c3-nonprofit/): LIDE opens its first international office in Minneapolis and is recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the US, able to receive tax-deductible donations.
- [We launch the Young Researchers Fellowship Program](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2024-11-13-inauguracion-yrf/): The Ecuadorian Development Research Lab (LIDE) and the U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Ecuador officially launch the Young Researchers Fellowship program.
- [LIDE opens call for the new Young Researchers Fellowship](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2024-01-04-lide-young-researchers-fellowship/): LIDE, the U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Ecuador, and DataCamp Donates invite you to participate in the LIDE Young Researchers Fellowship program.
- [LIDE successfully concludes its New Dimensions program](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2023-12-30-new-dimensions-finalizacion/): LIDE graduates the first New Dimensions cohort: 55 women trained in business intelligence, celebrated at graduation ceremonies in Quito and Guayaquil.
- [The effects of mobile primary health teams: Evidence from Estrategia Médico del Barrio in Ecuador](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/research/2023-09-01-medico-barrio/): Evaluation of Ecuador's Médico del Barrio strategy: mobile primary health teams reduced reported health problems and increased preventive care use.
- [New Dimensions x DataCamp Donates: Empowering Women in Ecuador with Data Literacy](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2023-08-11-datacamp-donates/): We review our progress with the DataCamp platform after one year of being a strategic partner with DC Donates.
- [LIDE launches call for El Quantificador scholarships 2023–2024](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2023-08-05-becas-quantificador/): Archived 2023 call for the El Quantificador Scholarships: 20 premium DataCamp licenses for university students and low-income workers across Ecuador.
- [LIDE Co-Director Alonso Quijano Ruiz talks about empowering women in tech on DataCamp webinar](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2023-08-02-lide-datacamp-donates-webinar/): Alonso Quijano Ruiz explains on a DataCamp webinar how LIDE's New Dimensions program builds business intelligence skills among young women in Ecuador.
- [New Dimensions students reach the program's halfway point](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2023-06-06-mitad-trayecto/): With four months into the program, the New Dimensions scholars reach the halfway point of their training.
- [LIDE launches its New Dimensions program](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/blog/2023-03-06-new-dimensions-launch/): LIDE launched New Dimensions in Guayaquil, a U.S. Embassy-funded program offering business intelligence training to women from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- [Maternal sexual empowerment and sexual and reproductive health among female adolescents: Evidence from a cross-sectional study in Ecuador](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/research/2021-03-21-sexual-empowerment/): Using ENSANUT 2018 data, this study links mothers' lower sexual empowerment and teenage pregnancy to earlier sexual initiation and pregnancy in their daughters.
- [Donations](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/donations/): Support LIDE, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit: your donation funds research, young Ecuadorian researchers and pilot projects in local communities.
- [About us](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/lab/): LIDE is an independent, non-partisan research center dedicated to promoting public policies rooted in scientific evidence.
- [Vicky Mina Tigasi](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/researchers/vicky-mina/): Vicky Mina Tigasi is a Biomedical Engineering student at Yachay Tech and President of SIGHT IEEE, working on women's sexual and reproductive health.
- [Tannya Mainato Quizhpilema](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/researchers/tannya-mainato/): Tannya Mainato Quizhpilema is a UNAE-trained teacher and researcher in Experimental Sciences education, interested in education, employment and health.
- [Tania Chapa Barreto](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/researchers/tania-chapa/): Tania Chapa Barreto is a sociologist from the University of Cuenca researching human mobility, gender, the care economy and structural inequalities.
- [Odalis Clemente Pincay](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/researchers/odalis-clemente/): Odalis Clemente Pincay is an economist (UNEMI) and LIDE research assistant who analyzes social projects and public policies in Ecuador.
- [Marco Faytong Haro](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/researchers/marco-faytong-haro/): Marco Faytong Haro is Co-Director and Co-Founder of LIDE and a PhD candidate in Sociology and Demography at Penn State researching health and inequality.
- [Kattya Guerrero Jiménez](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/researchers/kattya-guerrero/): Kattya Guerrero Jiménez is a psychologist researching neuroscience and education at the University of Cuenca and child malnutrition in Ecuador at LIDE.
- [Grace Armijos Bravo](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/researchers/grace-armijos-bravo/): Dr. Grace Armijos Bravo is a LIDE research affiliate and economist (PhD, Universitat de Barcelona) working on health economics and policy evaluation.
- [Daniel Sánchez Pazmiño](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/researchers/daniel-sanchez-pazmi%C3%B1o/): Daniel Sánchez Pazmiño is Co-Director of LIDE, an economist (MA, Simon Fraser University) and an Analyst at Alberta Treasury Board and Finance.
- [Alonso Quijano Ruiz](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/researchers/alonso-quijano-ruiz/): Alonso Quijano Ruiz is Co-Director and Co-Founder of LIDE and a PhD student in Health Economics at the University of Minnesota.
- [Alan Del Rosario Ochoa](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/researchers/alan-del-rosario/): Alan Del Rosario Ochoa, an Economics student at UNEMI and LIDE team member, specializes in the quantitative analysis of socioeconomic dynamics.
- [YOUNG RESEARCHERS FELLOWSHIP](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/projects/fellowship/): The LIDE Young Researchers Fellowship trains Ecuadorian students in quantitative social science research and prepares them for graduate study abroad.
- [INTERNSHIPS](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/projects/practicas-preprofesionales/): LIDE internships for economics, political science and statistics students: learn R, Python and Git and publish data articles on El Quantificador.
- [EL QUANTIFICADOR SCHOLARSHIPS](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/projects/becas-lide-datacamp/): El Quantificador Scholarships give low-income post-secondary students in Ecuador free DataCamp subscriptions plus data analysis and employability workshops.
- [NEW DIMENSIONS SCHOLARSHIPS](https://laboratoriolide.org/en/projects/becas-new-dimensions/): New Dimensions is an 8-month hybrid business intelligence program that improves job prospects for low-income and vulnerable women in Quito and Guayaquil.