Publications of State reform and public institutions
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The role of public infrastructure in lowering transaction costs
This chapter analyses the impact of transaction costs for rural households’ welfare, devoting attention to the causes and implications of the lack of spatial and vertical integration of product and factor markets. Based on an innovative procedure for a disaggregated analysis of the transport, information, negotiation and monitoring costs of farmers incorporated in the potato […]
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Trade liberalization and children: understanding and coping with children’s vulnerabilities
The arguments in favor of trade liberalization are well known: it promotes the efficient allocation of resources through comparative advantage, allows the dissemination of knowledge and technological progress, and encourages competition. Trade liberalization is likely to have a major impact on the lives of poor children and their families. Although this effect may be positive […]
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Trade liberalisation and child welfare: assessing the impact of a free trade agreement between Peru and the USA
Peru is in the process of negotiating a free trade agreement with the USA which would eliminate trade concessions on most goods and serv
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Transparencia de los ingresos y pagos en las industrias extractivas
Estudio que reporta las iniciativas de transparencia en marcha en el ámbito internacional y los esfuerzos realizados en el Perú para promover una mayor transparencia en el sector de minería e hidrocarburos.
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Provision of public services and welfare of the poor: learning from an incomplete electricity privatization process in rural Peru
The results in this paper suggest that management of electricity firms by the private sector leads to a significant improvement in the quality of the provision of electricity.
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Parenting, Caring and Educating
In this survey of published research we review changing patterns in the structure of the families and identify trends in parenting and caring for today’s generation of primary school children.
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Educación Inicial y rendimiento en la escuela / Reforma institucional en la gestión pública ambiental
Educación Inicial y rendimiento en la escuela / Reforma institucional en la gestión pública ambiental.
