Publications
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Spotlight on organisations: labour market policies in Latin America
This spotlight highlights some of the key organisations working on labour market issues in Latin America, including labour policy in general, social protection, employment, youth employment, labour training, labour migration, and labour intermediation. The Spotlight has been divided between international organisations that address labour markets and other issues, and those organisations focusing solely on labour […]
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Spotlight on publications: labour market policies in Latin America
The publications presented in this Spotlight represent some of the key resources dealing with issues related to labour market policies in Latin America. The selected publications focus on the following topics: Gender and Labour; Impact Evaluations; Labour Intermediation Services; Active and Passive Labour Market Policies and Programmes; and Labour Market Regulations and Development.
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Inclusión social: diálogos entre la investigación y las políticas públicas
Esta publicación recoge el espíritu del seminario internacional “Cambios Institucionales para un Estado más Inclusivo” (julio de 2012), y apunta a lo más relevante y valioso de cada exposición, intervención y comentario.
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Una mirada a la violencia física contra los niños y niñas en los hogares peruanos: Magnitudes, factores asociados y transmisión de la violencia de madres a hijos e hijas
Este estudio pretende ser un aporte a la literatura sobre violencia infantil en el Perú. Su aspecto innovador radica en la mirada inter-temporal de esta problemática a partir de bases de datos representativas a nivel nacional.
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The relationship between socioeconomic status at age one, opportunities to learn and achievement in mathematics in fourth grade in Peru
Using Young Lives longitudinal data from Peru, this paper explores the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) measured at the age of one, opportunities to learn (OTL) and achievement in mathematics ten years later. Four variables of OTL were measured: hours of class per year, curriculum coverage, quality of teachers’ feedback, and level of cognitive demand. […]
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Demanda social por programas de atención y educación de la primera infancia (AEPI) en el Perú
Providing relevant information for planning the scaling up of AEPI programme services through the perceptions and opinions of key stakeholders in two regions of the country.
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Creciendo en el Perú: una mirada longitudinal al uso del tiempo de los niños y las niñas en el campo y la ciudad
El objetivo principal de este trabajo es reflexionar acerca de cómo niños entre 9 y 10 años utilizan su tiempo para asumir nuevas funciones y responsabilidades en la realización de tareas cotidianas.
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Global citizenship and marginalisation: contributions towards a political economy of global citizenship
This book illustrates the contingency of definitions, the complexities of juxtaposing demands and priorities in different educational contexts, and the difficulties and tensions of asking a question that is arguably one of the most pressing of our time: how should we live together in interdependent ecologies in a finite planet?
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The incidence of social spending and taxes in Peru
Standard tax and benefit incidence analysis is used to estimate the effects of fiscal policy on poverty and inequality in Peru. Results suggest that the extent of inequality and poverty reduction induced by Peru’s fiscal policy is small. This result is associated with low social spending rather than with inefficient spending. Most social spending components […]
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International Human Rights Protection: institutions and instruments
The report is aimed at mapping out relevant institutions for the protection of human rights at the national, regional and international levels, including governmental as well as non-governmental organisations. It equally aims to present the instruments used at different levels, especially global and regional treaties as well as political agreements and non-binding instruments. Therefore, the report […]
