Publications of Peruvian Microfinance’s Caja Municipal Model
-
Peruvian Microfinance’s Caja Municipal Model
This Brief tells the story of the Caja Municipales system, focusing on the Caja Trujillo example to offer lessons learned for other regions.
-
Guide to microfinance in Latin America
The Guide concludes with lessons that may be relevant for other contexts, as well as highlighting key publications and organisations related to microfinance in the region.
-
Does the cradle set the opportunities and educative achievement? A look to the Peruvian case
Educational research shows a strong correlation between the performance of Peruvian students and their socio-economic status (NSE for its acronym in Spanish). This paper uses data from the longitudinal study Niños del Milenio to analyse whether students’ mathematics learning opportunities (ODA for its acronym in Spanish) are associated with NSE and achievement. ODA were estimated from […]
-
Young Lives school survey in Peru: design and initial findings
This paper presents the methodology and initial findings from the Young Lives School Survey in Peru, which looked at inequality in educational opportunities and outcomes of children from the Young Lives study. Information was collected in 132 schools in nine regions of Peru, covering school quality (inputs available at school such as its infrastructure, and […]
-
Características psicosométricas de desarrollo cognitivo e instrumentos de rendimiento en la tercera ronda de Niños del Milenio / Young Lives
Esta nota técnica brinda detalles sobre la confiabilidad y validez de las pruebas aplicadas en la tercera ronda de Niños del Milenio / Young Lives.
-
Does participatory budgeting have an effect on the quality of public services? The case of Peru’s water and sanitation sector
Since 2004 the government of Peru has implemented a process of participatory budgeting (PB), which is mandatory for every sub-national government. We analyze the link from PB to coverage and water service quality indicators. We find no statistically significant relationship between PB and our measures of coverage and service continuity, regardless of whether the outcome […]
-
Does participatory budgeting have an effect on the quality of public services? The case of Peru’s water and sanitation sector
Since 2004 the government of Peru has implemented a process of participatory budgeting (PB), which is mandatory for every sub-national government. We analyze the link from PB to coverage and water service quality indicators. We find no statistically significant relationship between PB and our measures of coverage and service continuity, regardless of whether the outcome […]
-
Equity in health and health care in Peru, 2004-2008
Este estudio evalúa si las recientes tendencias económicas positivas y las políticas de salud pro-pobres han logrado mayor equidad en la salud, y explora los factores claves que explican este cambio.
-
Latin America’s Institutional and Regulatory Innovations for Microfinance Growth
This Brief provides an overview to the Latin American experience in regulating MFIs, covering the history of microfinance regulation in the region and the positive effects it has had on the sector’s current performance.
-
Profit-based versus Production-based Tax Regimes: Latin America’s Experience
This Brief uses the examples of Peru and Chile to highlight Latin American experiences when migrating from production-based to profit-based tax regimes, in particular arguing that profit-based regimes seem to be the best choice in the current Latin American context of a mining boom.
