Publications of Lorena Alcazar
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Institutions, politics, and contracts: the privatization attempt of the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Perú
That Lima’s water system was in near-crisis was not enough to bring about radical change. Partial reforms to reduce many of the city’s worst problems were carried out under public management. But a quarter of Lima’s citizens still had no access to water or sewerage connections, extended service interruptions were common, and more than a […]
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Determinantes institucionales del funcionamiento de proyectos de infraestructura básica: análisis de los proyectos financiados por Foncodes
This study analyses the determinants of success of a sample of 735 FONCODES projects implemented between 1994 and 1999. The database used for the empirical estimates is based on the results of surveys that were designed to carry out three ex-post evaluations of FONCODES projects.
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Boletines de apoyo al Congreso: servicio de asesoría económica.
Boletines de apoyo al Congreso: servicio de asesoría económica. Cinco boletines: descentralización I y II, corrupción, empleo y educación
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Demanda inducida y ausentismo en los hospitales peruanos
This chapter analyzes the relationship between institutional arrangements, incentives, and corruption in four Peruvian hospitals. It focuses on two particular types of corrupt practice: absenteeism by doctors and provision of unnecessary services (i.e., induced demand). One of the hospitals was operated in the private sector. Of the three public-sector hospitals, two were under the aegis […]
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Oferta y demanda de formación docente en el Perú
The study on supply and demand for teacher training is a response to a growing concern to improve the quality of education in Peru. When talking about the quality of education, it is necessary to evaluate teachers and teacher training institutions. This paper analyses, on the one hand, the composition and main characteristics of the […]
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Transparencia y rendición de cuentas en los hospitales públicos: el caso peruano
This study analyses the problem of corruption in public hospitals from an institutional perspective. The specific objectives were: i) to analyse the influence of the different institutional structures of the organisations providing health services on the type and degree of corruption; and ii) to make policy recommendations to combat these problems based on the causal […]
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Institutions, politics and contracts: the privatization attempt of the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru
In 1989-90 Peru underwent a severe economic crisis with a 5.4 percent decline in GDP and inflation peaking at an annual rate of over 7,600 percent (World Bank 1998). The newly elected President, Alberto Fujimori, embarked on a program of sweeping structural reforms that turned Peru from a state-directed to a market-led economy. The reforms […]
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Alternativas para mejorar el sistema de bonificaciones a plazas docentes de zonas rurales y otras condiciones especiales
The general objective of this study is to improve the system of financial bonuses linked to rural teaching posts and other special conditions. The latter can be geographical (high altitude, border, rural or jungle areas), related to the type of population (bilingual or multicultural area) or areas requiring teachers with special skills (speaking the language […]
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Trabajando y estudiando en América Latina rural: decisiones críticas de los adolescentes
This paper assesses the determinants of school attendance and work for rural adolescents between the ages of 10 and 18 between 1997-1998 for a selected sample of Latin American countries. The present research is based on household surveys, applied to members of different ages and backgrounds, and designed to make inferences about the determinants of […]
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La regulación y el manejo de controversias de los sectores de telecomunicaciones y electricidad: un análisis institucional comparativo
Se analiza desde una perspectiva comparativa los marcos regulatorios de los sectores de telecomunicaciones y de electricidad con especial énfasis en su capacidad para resolver conflictos al interior del sector.
