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Los determinantes de la diversificación del ingreso no agrícola en el Perú rural
This article demonstrates that in rural Peru there has been a substantial growth in off-farm household employment over the last decade. Currently, 51% of the net income of rural households comes from this type of activity, and therefore it is clear that it cannot be considered “marginal”. Households have multiple reasons for diversifying their income. […]
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Vinculaciones entre pobreza y deterioro ambiental: el caso de los extractores de castaña en Madre de Dios, Perú
The paper explores the links between poverty and management of Amazonian forest resources by chestnut extractors in the Peruvian rainforest. Although there is evidence that the poor are more dependent on natural resources than the rich, demands on the natural resource base continue to grow with income so that richer households use forest resources, especially […]
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New institutions for agricultural and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean
In a recent document, Piñeiro et al. (1999) review the recent history of the reforms of the agricultural public sector in Latin America, giving a more balanced view of the role of the state than the one prevailing in Washington circles in the 1990s. The authors analyse the first wave of reforms and the current […]
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Carlos Cueto Fernandini: educación, disciplina y libertad
Breve biografía del ilustre educador peruano Carlos Cueto Fernandini. Incluye aspectos de su educación y contribuciones profesionales a la filosofía de la educación, así como su carrera nacional e internacional.
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Estudios empíricos sobre determinantes del rendimiento escolar en el Perú
Este capítulo realiza una revisión de la escasa pero interesante literatura empírica sobre determinantes del rendimiento escolar en el Perú.
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Opportunity to learn mathematics among Aymara-, Quechua- and Spanish- speaking rural and urban fourth- and fifth-graders in Puno, Peru
This chapter describes the opportunities to learn of a sample of students in Puno, Peru. The opportunities to learn were measured through an analysis of the notebooks of a sample of students in each classroom.
