Publications
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The determinants of nonfarm income diversification in rural Peru
This paper shows that in Peruvian rural areas, there has been substantial growth over the past decade in household employment outside of own-farming. At present 51% of the net income of rural households comes from these off-farm activities, and thus they certainly cannot be considered as “marginal.” The reasons households diversify their incomes are several. […]
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The assets of the poor in Peru
The document analyzes the possession and access to assets on the part of the poor in Peru.
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Propuesta ambiental: acciones para un desarrollo sostenible en el Perú
La priorización de lo ambiental en la agenda de gobierno, empresas y sociedad civil no solo es indispensable para un desarrollo sustentable, sino que permitirá beneficios al mediano y largo plazo y evitará costos a futuro.
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Recursos naturales y desarrollo: un diálogo canadiense latinoamericano
El diálogo entre investigadores latinoamericanos y canadienses deja temas claves sobre el diseño de políticas y el rol de los recursos naturales y el medio ambiente en el desarrollo de los países de la región.
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Transparencia y rendición de cuentas en los hospitales públicos: el caso peruano
This study analyses the problem of corruption in public hospitals from an institutional perspective. The specific objectives were: i) to analyse the influence of the different institutional structures of the organisations providing health services on the type and degree of corruption; and ii) to make policy recommendations to combat these problems based on the causal […]
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Logros y retos en el sector telecomunicaciones / Los enigmas de la política minera
Logros y retos en el sector telecomunicaciones / Los enigmas de la política minera.
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Institutions, politics and contracts: the privatization attempt of the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru
In 1989-90 Peru underwent a severe economic crisis with a 5.4 percent decline in GDP and inflation peaking at an annual rate of over 7,600 percent (World Bank 1998). The newly elected President, Alberto Fujimori, embarked on a program of sweeping structural reforms that turned Peru from a state-directed to a market-led economy. The reforms […]
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Alternativas para mejorar el sistema de bonificaciones a plazas docentes de zonas rurales y otras condiciones especiales
The general objective of this study is to improve the system of financial bonuses linked to rural teaching posts and other special conditions. The latter can be geographical (high altitude, border, rural or jungle areas), related to the type of population (bilingual or multicultural area) or areas requiring teachers with special skills (speaking the language […]
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Trabajando y estudiando en América Latina rural: decisiones críticas de los adolescentes
This paper assesses the determinants of school attendance and work for rural adolescents between the ages of 10 and 18 between 1997-1998 for a selected sample of Latin American countries. The present research is based on household surveys, applied to members of different ages and backgrounds, and designed to make inferences about the determinants of […]
