Publications of El derecho a la alimentación en grupos en condición de vulnerabilidad
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El derecho a la alimentación en grupos en condición de vulnerabilidad
This study analyzes national policies to guarantee the right to food of vulnerable groups in Peru. This is based on the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (hereinafter “Voluntary Guidelines”), and Inter-American standards on economic, social and cultural rights. The research […]
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El programa “Qali Warma” desde un enfoque de derechos humanos
This research seeks to approach the institutional design of the Qali Warma program under a human rights-based approach, identifying its constituent elements in order to be able to project them in future public food policies. In addition, the gaps or pending tasks for the full assumption of the approach will be pointed out. To this […]
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Social protection systems and domestic violence in poor urban contexts: the case of San Juan de Lurigancho
In Peru approximately four out of ten women has suffered from any kind of violence from their partners. In spite of the development of a social protection system in the country, according to the DHS, only 25% of women sought help. This problem of lack of access to the social protection system might be related […]
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The structural relationship between early nutrition, cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills in four developing countries
The author provides evidence about how skills are acquired during childhood. Early height is found to have an effect on cognitive and non-cognitive skills. The effect of early height on cognitive skills more than doubles that for non-cognitive skills. The impact of early height on non-cognitive skills is indirect.
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Does participatory budgeting have an effect on the quality of public services? The case of Perú´s water and sanitation sector
This chapter presents a discussion of the effects of participatory budgeting (PB) on coverage and quality of public services in Peru. Using econometric techniques, the authors analyze the link from PB to coverage and water service quality indicators, showing that there is no evidence of a positive relationship. In effect, they do not find a […]
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La artículación de un espacio económico: formación de la economía regional de Piura
Because of its proximity to the Strait of Panama, and its relatively easy connection with the ports on the coast, northern Peru developed a peculiar economy within the country as a whole. Its characteristics include an active commercial agriculture and livestock sector, a fluid high jungle-highland-coastal communication, favored by a less rugged Andean mountain range […]
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Equating test scores for receptive vocabulary across rounds and cohorts in Ethiopia, India & Vietnam
In longitudinal studies such as Young Lives, getting comparable measures of children´s cognitive abilities over time is essential for identifying individual, household, and school-level factors that affect children´s development. Few longitudinal studies that follow birth/age cohorts include comparable cognitive measures across waves, and those studies that are available are mainly from developed countries. Young Lives […]
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Cambios en la actividad agropecuaria en un contexto de cambio climático y estrés hídrico. El caso de las cuencas de Ica y Pampas
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El apoyo de FORGE al desarrollo del Currículo Nacional de Educación Básica del Perú
Various national normative documents and international experience underscore the importance of having documents that clearly indicate the learning expectations for students, based on which the various lines of educational policy must be articulated. Thus, according to the General Education Law, the National Curriculum is the basis of the National Pedagogical Policy, and the Ministry of […]
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Estudio sobre la incorporación del enfoque de igualdad de género en materiales curriculares de inicial, primaria y secundaria
El objetivo de la consultoría fue diseñar y aplicar una metodología de análisis que permita establecer el nivel de incorporación del enfoque de igualdad de género en los Programas Curriculares de Inicial, Primaria y Secundaria, producidos recientemente por el Ministerio de Educación. El propósito del informe es doble: i) producir un insumo en la construcción […]
