Publications
Peer-reviewed articles, working papers, and reports
2026
Financial autonomy of facilities providing primary care services in low- and middle-income countries
Witter, S., Bertone, M.P., Sempé, L. et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 26, 92
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-13863-2025
Within-School Wealth Inequality and Learning Achievement: Evidence From PISA
Sempé, L. & Esposito, L.
Review of Income and Wealth, 71(4), e70040
Refugee integration in national health systems of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
Olabi, A., Palmer, N., Bertone, M., ... Sempe, L., et al.
Social Science & Medicine
Political economy of budgeting reforms: A comparative analysis across seven LMIC countries
Bertone, M.P., Barroy, H., Sparkes, S., Sempé, L., et al.
Under review, International Journal of Health Planning and Management
Peace of mind: A quasi-experimental evaluation of community-based mental health intervention for NTDs
Seekles, M.L., ... Sempe, L., et al.
PLOS Mental Health, 2(9)
Aquaculture interventions for improving productivity in LMICs: A systematic review update
Gonzalez Parrao, C., Floridi, A., Khan, L., ... Sempé, L., et al.
Under review, Campbell Systematic Reviews
2024
'The Lost Peace': Evidencing the Syndemic Relationship between NTDs and Mental Distress in Liberia
McCollum, R., Barrett, C., ... Sempé, L. et al.
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 9, 183
Programa Maior Cuidado: An Integrated Community-Based Intervention on Care for Older People
Lloyd-Sherlock, P., Giacomin, K.C., de Carvalho, P.F., & Sempé, L.
Inter-American Development Bank
2023
Addressing pressures on health services in Belo Horizonte through community-based care for older people
Lloyd-Sherlock, P., de Carvalho, P.F., Giacomin, K. & Sempé, L.
The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, 27
2022
School-level inequality and learning achievement: measurement, theory, and analysis based on PISA
Sempé, L.
PhD Thesis, University of East Anglia
Ageism, the right to life and health policy: COVID-19 vaccination in LMICs
Lloyd-Sherlock, P., Sempé, L., & Guntupalli, A.
Journal of Social Issues, 78(4), 883-899
Juvenile handling rescues autism-related effects of prenatal exposure to valproic acid
Seiffe, A., Ramírez, M.F., Sempé, L. et al.
Scientific Reports, 12, 7174
Effects of an innovative integrated care intervention in Brazil on local health service use
Lloyd-Sherlock, P., Giacomin, K., Sempé, L.
BMC Health Services Research, 22, 176
Financing care for Severe Stigmatizing Skin Diseases in Liberia
Smith Jr, J.S., Diaconu, K., Witter, S., ... Sempé, L. & Dean, L.
International Journal for Equity in Health, 21, 160
2021
Estimation of all-cause excess mortality by age-specific mortality patterns in Peru during COVID-19
Sempé, L., Lloyd-Sherlock, P., Martínez, R., Ebrahim, S., McKee, M., & Acosta, E.
The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, 2, 100039
School-level inequality measurement based on categorical data: a novel approach applied to PISA
Sempé, L.
Large-scale Assessments in Education, 9, 1-31
Does vaccine ageism amount to gerontocide?
Lloyd-Sherlock, P., Lasco, G., McKee, M., Perianayagam, A., & Sempé, L.
The Lancet, 398(10304), 952-953
Problems of data availability and quality for COVID-19 and older people in LMICs
Lloyd-Sherlock, P., Sempé, L., McKee, M., & Guntupalli, A.
The Gerontologist, 61(2), 141-144
Building the capacity of community health workers for dependent older people in Latin America
Neto, J.B.F., De Moraes, G.L.A., ... Sempe, L., Lloyd-Sherlock, P.
BMC Geriatrics, 21, 526
2020
Meeting the complex challenge of health and social care for rapidly-ageing populations
Lloyd-Sherlock, P., Billings, J., Aredes, J., ... Sempé, L. et al.
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 36, e00162819
2019
Multidisciplinary interventions for reducing avoidable displacement from home of frail older people
Sempé, L., Billings, J., & Lloyd-Sherlock, P.
BMJ Open, 9(11), e030687
2015
Balance de la Estrategia de Acompañamiento Pedagógico en Áreas Rurales de Perú
Sempé, L.N.
REICE. Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación, 13(4), 35-60
Informes de Política (Spanish)
Policy reports, evaluations, and grey literature published in Spanish for Latin American governments and organizations
2021
Introducción: Causas y desafíos de la segregación educativa
Reátegui Amat, L. & Sempé, L.
Publicación académica
2020
La escuela que viene. Una mirada al mañana para la escuela de hoy
Fundación Santillana (contrib. Sempé, L.)
Fundación Santillana
2019
Evaluación del Protocolo de visitas Domiciliarias de Pensión 65 durante COVID-19
Sempé, L. & Lloyd-Sherlock, P.
Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social (CIES)
2018
Diseño de un sistema de seguimiento de egresados y una estrategia para su implementación
Mori Valenzuela, J., Sempé, L. et al.
PROCALIDAD - Mejoramiento de la Calidad de la Educación Superior
2017
Evaluación de diseño y procesos del Fondo de Estímulo al Desempeño y Logro de Resultados Sociales (FED)
Sempé, L. & Solano, D.
Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (MIDIS)
Balance de la implementación del mecanismo de financiamiento por desempeño: compromisos de desempeño como impulsor de mejoras en la gestión educativa
Sempé, L.
GRADE - Proyecto FORGE
Revisión de las políticas educativas 2000-2015: continuidades en las políticas públicas en educación en Perú
UNESCO Oficina de Lima (contrib. Sempé, L.)
UNESCO
2016
Evaluación de uso de informes de la Evaluación Censal de Estudiantes en la Escuela
Sempé, L., Andrade, P., Calmet, F., et al.
Ministerio de Educación del Perú