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Peru: learning by doing
This section presents the principal conclusions of the project “Large-scale Mining and Local Communities” for Peru. The project’s main objective was to analyze the socioeconomic, cultural and environmental relations between large-scale mining companies and local communities, in order to identify practices that lead to sustainable local development. Our analysis, which began in June 1998, focuses […]
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Liberalización de la balanza de pagos: efectos sobre el crecimiento, el empleo y desigualdad y pobreza: el caso de Perú
En primer lugar se hace un recuento de los los cambios en el contexto macroeconómico y de las reformas estructurales, y otras reformas que se dieron simultáneamente para entender el cambio en la estructura productiva.
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Distribution, access and complementarity: capital of the poor in Peru
This chapter analyzes the possession of and access to assets by the poor. Private, public and organizational assets are the principal determinants of household spending. Income flows are therefore crucial in determining whether a family is successful in leaving poverty. In this respect, public policies need to be carefully designed to resolve unequal access to […]
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El gran ausente: el agro
The aim of this paper is to describe, analyse and evaluate the reforms undertaken in the agricultural sector between July 1990 and the end of 1998. To this end, the paper is divided into four sections in addition to this introduction. Section II presents a brief description of the situation prevailing in the agricultural sector […]
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Education and poverty in Peru
El logro de altas tasas de matrícula en el Perú en los últimos decenios puede explicarse por la capacidad que han tenido los gobiernos de contener los costos de personal y limitar los gastos en educación superior.
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Derechos de propiedad, regulación de concesiones y uso óptimo de los recursos naturales
The objective of this work is to evaluate the use of natural resources by Brazil nut extractors in the Peruvian rainforest, as well as to assess the impact of the concession policy established by the competent public authority on the management of these resources. The study provides criteria to define the concession contracts that the […]
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The returns to health for peruvian urban adults by gender, age, and across the wage distribution
This chapter analyzes the determinants of health status for urban adults in Peru and estimates the impact of health status on earnings
