Publications
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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 […]
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¿Qué hemos aprendido del estudio longitudinal Niños del Milenio? Síntesis de hallazgos
The Young Lives Peru Country Report presents a summary of the main findings that emerge from analysing the Young Lives data from Peru across a longitudinal study following two cohorts of children in various situations from remote rural areas to urban communities, as a component of a larger multicountry project. The study relates conditions early […]
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Assessing the impacts of a peer-to-peer training programme for women in Peru
This article reports on research that aimed to assess the economic and social impacts of a peer-to-peer training programme targeted to women in Peru, looking at overall and differentiated impacts according to design features, on a sample of 300 women in participant and non-participant communities. The study found significant positive impacts on women’s time devoted […]
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Ser joven en el Perú: educación y trabajo
Despite the sustained growth experienced by Peru during the last decade, there are still development indicators that require significant improvements. Among the most urgent, those of the labor market. Where about 80% of the household income is generated, 7 in 10 Peruvians work in informal jobs without any social protection. This situation is even more […]
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¿Protección social adaptativa? Desafío para la política en el Perú
Peru is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In response, the Peruvian government has designed and implemented early warning and adaptation programs. However, climate change policy can be improved through the integration of social protection programs with climate change prevention and adaptation programs. This policy is known as adaptive […]
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Planificar la informalidad: herramientas para el desarrollo de mercados de “urbanizaciones informales planificadas”
Alrededor de un tercio de la población peruana —más de 10 millones de personas— viven en asentamientos urbanos marginales ocupados generalmente de manera informal. Según el Ministerio de Vivienda, estos asentamientos no tienen un diseño adecuado de la trama urbana y se caracterizan por carecer, total o parcialmente, de servicios básicos, espacios públicos y equipamiento […]
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Inclusión económica y tributación territorial: el caso de las exoneraciones altonandinas
Aportes para mejorar la efectividad de las políticas dirigidas a impulsar la actividad económica y reducir la pobreza en zonas históricamente menos favorecidas.
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Adaptation to climate change in the tropical mountains? Effects of intraseasonal climate variability on crop diversification strategies in the Peruvian Andes
Crop diversification, selection of tolerant crops, and intercropping are some of the strategies that Andean farmers, as well as farmers in other mountain regions, have historically used to cope with climate-related risks and take advantage of heterogeneous agricultural land (with plots located at different altitudes, facing different environmental conditions). This study analyzes the role of […]
