Publications of Pathways to Formalization: Going Beyond the Formality Dichotomy
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Pathways to Formalization: Going Beyond the Formality Dichotomy
Too often, academics and policy makers interpret formality as a binary choice and formalization as an irreversible process. Yet, formalization has many facets and shades on the business and labor fronts, and firms may not be able or willing to formalize all at once. This paper explores the joint process of business and labor formalization, […]
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Pathways to formalization: going beyond the formality dichotomy
Too often, academics and policy makers interpret formality as a binary choice and formalization as an irreversible process. Yet, formalization has many facets and shades on the business and labor fronts, and firms may not be able or willing to formalize all at once. This paper explores the joint process of business and labor formalization, […]
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De La Parada al Mercado Mayorista de Santa Anita: efectos sobre los márgenes, competitividad y eficiencia de la cadena de producción y comercialización de la papa
In order to address the problems of insecurity, unhealthiness and slum conditions in the Lima La Parada wholesale market, the administration of the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima relocated traders to the Gran Mercado Mayorista de Lima in Santa Anita, which was formally inaugurated in September 2012. The objective of this study is to assess the […]
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En los margenes del boom agroexportador: artículación de los pequeños productores a las cadenas de valor globales
Los importantes cambios en los sistemas agroalimentarios mundiales, en las últimas dos décadas, han planteado una serie de retos, conceptuales y empíricos, para la formulación de una mirada integral a las cadenas de valor agrícolas globales (CVA) y, en particular, respecto a las condiciones de entrada de pequeños productores y los impactos económicos que genera […]
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Sepia XVII. Perú: el problema agrario en debate
TEMA I. CADENAS DE VALOR Y SUS CONSECUENCIAS PARA EL DESARROLLO RURAL PONENCIA DE BALANCE En los márgenes del boom agroexportador: articulación de los pequeños productores a las cadenas de valor globales Héctor Paredes y Ricardo Fort ARTÍCULOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN Cadenas de valor agrícolas y su impacto sobre los ingresos de medianos y pequeños productores: […]
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Access to Higher Education of Afro-Peruvians: Disentangling the Influence of Skin Color and Social Origins in the Peruvian Stratification System
Despite recent efforts by the Peruvian government to rectify centuries of injustice against Afro-Peruvians, not much is known about the relative influence of discrimination and social origins on Afro-Peruvians’ access to higher education. Using data from the 2014 Specialized Study of Afro-Peruvian Population and logistic regression, the authors examine the influence of skin color and […]
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OECD reviews of school resources: Colombia 2018
This country review report offers an independent analysis of major issues facing the use of school resources in Colombia from an international perspective. It provides a description of national policies, an analysis of strengths and challenges, and a proposal of possible future approaches. The analysis focuses on the funding of school education, the provision of […]
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Financiar educación de calidad y equitativa en América Latina
Education learning outcomes in low and middle-income countries are still insufficient and unequally distributed. Several factors are behind this situation, many of which relate to education funding: low absolute expenditure per student; increasing gaps in spending levels between developed and developing countries; unequal distribution of key education inputs; inefficient use of pedagogical resources and low […]
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Mercado privado, consecuencias públicas. Los servicios educativos de provisión privada en el Perú
Private participation in the education markets has grown significantly in recent years, both in Lima and in the rest of Peru. This has given rise to research on the state of private schools, especially in the emerging and low-income sectors. These studies have focused on analyzing the behavior of demand, that is, on the decisions […]
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No longer children: What do Young Lives children do when they grow up?
No longer children: What do Young Lives children do when they grow up? is a Young Lives research report, synthesising research from the past two survey rounds (in 2013 and 2016) to reflect on how the experience of poverty early in life affects future opportunities, documenting children and young people’s trajectories from school into post-secondary […]
