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