Publications of Evaluación de la situación del mercado de semillas de maíz amarillo duro en el contexto de la moratoria a la entrada de semillas.
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Crecimiento y segmentación del empleo en el Perú, 2001-2011
The division between formal and informal employment is a notable feature of the Peruvian labour market. Policies implemented to reduce the size of labour informality, such as the expansion of the regime for micro and small enterprises, have not had a significant effect. This study investigates the effects of the long cycle of employment and […]
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América Latina hacia la inclusión social. Avances, aprendizajes y desafíos
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El modelo de la caja municipal en Perú
One of the most successful and influential initiatives in the history of microfinance in Peru is the cajas municipales system. Of all the independent cajas that became successful, Caja Trujillo is a case in which they harmoniously combined business experimentation with effective regulation, generating a success story that illustrates the growth of microfinance.
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Expansión de las microfinanzas en zonas rurales de América Latina
The inclusion of rural populations in financial markets has long been a social objective of developing countries worldwide. Indeed, pioneering work in the field of microfinance initially focused on rural areas. This brief analyses the impacts of microfinance in rural areas through evidence on rural poverty, as well as the positive effects on consumption and […]
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Innovaciones institucionales y normativas para el desarrollo de las microfinanzas en América Latina
The current performance of the microfinance sector is related to the financial sector reforms in Latin American countries, which started in the late 1980s. Prior to these reforms, the development of microfinance was limited by the excessive regulation of the financial sector, which was mainly based on state involvement. The optimisation of the regulatory framework […]
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Innovaciones tecnológicas en las microfinanzas en América Latina
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Guía sobre microfinanzas en América Latina
Globally, developing countries face the problem of providing resources to the poor. Social assistance programmes are one option to solve this problem, but they can generate dependency among the beneficiaries. Microfinance was born in Europe in the 19th century as a cooperative movement involving urban wage labourers and small-scale farmers. Microfinance was adopted in Latin […]
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Industrias extractivas y manejo de conflictos
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Efectos del programa de transferencias condicionadas JUNTOS en el peso al nacer de los niños.
This paper assesses the effect of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program, JUNTOS, on neonatal health of children who were exposed to the Program while in utero. The paper also explores whether JUNTOS has improved the prenatal health care of pregnant women. Different estimation techniques are implemented, including difference-in-differences, maternal fixed effects, and instrumental variables approaches. […]
