Publications of Predictores de la deserción escolar en el Perú
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Predictores de la deserción escolar en el Perú
The paper on which this policy brief is based analyzes what factors are associated with dropping out of school in the four countries covered by the Young Lives longitudinal study: Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. For this, personal, family and educational factors are considered. This policy brief focuses on the findings of Peru.
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Predictors of school dropout across Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
In this paper the authors utilize the five rounds of Young Lives household surveys across four countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam) to study the characteristics of children who had dropped out of school by 22 years of age. While most children in the longitudinal sample go to primary school, they tend to drop out […]
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Impactos de la epidemia del coronavirus en el trabajo de las mujeres en el Perú
The study aimed to analyze the potential effects of the crisis on the employment and labor income of women in Peru. To achieve this, the research team did a comparative analysis of the labor insertion of women in contrast to men, exploring their strengths and weaknesses in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic situation. The […]
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Argentina | Propuestas para mejorar los mecanismos de evaluación ambiental minera
Based on research on mining and water resources in Andean countries, this document provides public policy recommendations to help improve environmental monitoring of mining. In Argentina, the Veladero project located in San Juan was studied, and in Peru, the Antapaccay – Tintaya Expansion project, located in Espinar. The cases analyzed show that it is necessary […]
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Perú | Propuestas para mejorar los mecanismos de evaluación ambiental minera
Based on research on mining and water resources in Andean countries, this document provides public policy recommendations to help improve environmental monitoring of mining. In Argentina, the Veladero project located in San Juan was studied, and in Peru, the Antapaccay – Tintaya Expansion project, located in Espinar. The cases analyzed show that it is necessary […]
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Colombia | Minería y conflictos en torno a la contaminación del agua: la experiencia de monitoreos hídricos comunitarios en La Guajira, Colombia
Large-scale mining produces socio-environmental conflicts related to water pollution, in relation to quality, both States, companies and communities have promoted monitoring. Businesses and states focus on expert knowledge that devalues community water monitoring (MHC), which is based on local knowledge, day-to-day practices, and technical knowledge of networking with various social actors, evidencing contamination and hoarding […]
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COVID-19 and external shock. Economic impacts and policy options
Latin America is currently suffering from two independent but related shocks: the impact of COVID-19 and the shock of commodity prices. Peru, we argue, is a case in which the strongest impact comes from the pandemic. Peru was the first country in Latin America to react and implement sanitary and economic measures against the coronavirus. […]
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COVID-19 y shock externo. Impactos económicos y opciones de política en el Perú
América Latina sufre en este momento dos shocks, independientes, pero relacionados: el impacto del COVID-19 y el shock de precios de materias primas. El Perú, argumentamos, es un caso en el que el impacto más fuerte proviene de la epidemia. El Perú fue el primer caso de América Latina que reaccionó frente al coronavirus implementado […]
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El agua, un anhelo permanente. La minería y sus efectos territoriales sobre el agua en la comunidad afrodescendiente de Patilla, La Guajira, Colombia
In this work, the author analyzes the different transformations that have occurred in Patilla’s relationship with water, from the arrival of mining and the subsequent resettlement process, in 2012. To this end, she analyzes how water It has been linked to the construction and configuration of the territory, both in Origin and in resettlement. In […]
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Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia
This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge, a 0.2 standard deviation improvement in attitudes, and a 55 percent increase in […]
