Publications
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Peru: Socioeconomic Conditions on Student Achievement
Education in South America is a critical reference guide to development of education in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The chapters, written by local experts, provide an overview of the education system in each country, focusing particularly on policies and implementation of reforms. Key themes include quality and access, multicultural […]
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Expansión y diversificación de la educación superior universitaria, y su relación con la desigualdad y la segregación
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Inter-American Human Rights System
The report builds on the D 4.1 ‘Report on the mapping study on relevant actors in human rights protection’ which outlined institutions and instruments for the protection of human rights at the national, European Union (EU), regional and international level. As the objective of WP 4 is to assess the institutions and instruments operating to […]
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Equating Children’s PPVT Scores Across Survey Rounds and Age Cohorts in Peru
Young Lives gathers information from children and families through household and child questionnaires as well as children’s cognitive and achievement tests. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) has been used in all survey rounds to date and with both age cohorts. This technical note presents the psychometric analysis performed (using Item Response Theory, IRT) in […]
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Collective land access rights for enhancing smallholder livelihoods
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The Co-Occurrence of Domestic and Child Violence in Urban Peru: Evidence from Three Regions
Using a unique dataset collected from three regions in Peru (Huancavelica, Lima and Loreto), this study explores the co-occurrence of domestic and child violence within households; that is, the situation where a victim of domestic violence (mother) becomes a perpetrator towards other family members (children) in the same household. Secondly, the study seeks to analyze […]
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Violencia familiar y acceso a la justicia en el mundo rural: estudios de caso de cuatro comunidades
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Inversión pública y descentralización: sus efectos sobre la pobreza rural en la última década
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Participatory Democracy and Effective Policy: Is There a Link? Evidence from Rural Peru
We examine the relationship between participatory democratic institutions and effective agricultural policy in rural Peruvian municipalities, using a unique quantitative dataset of 100 Peruvian municipalities at two points in time, allowing us to examine (a) bottom-up, grassroots participatory governance institutions, and (b) Peru’s top-down participatory budgeting reform implemented in all Peruvian sub-national governments in the […]
