Publications
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El Coronavirus y los retos para el trabajo de las mujeres en América Latina
The Coronavirus pandemic has spread throughout the world and Latin America has not escaped its health, economic and social impacts. The economic strike resulting from a combination of astringent measures (self-quarantines, mandatory quarantines, limited capacity of people in commercial premises, factories and offices, border closures, etc.), is generating profound economic and social impacts. In the […]
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Fear of crime examined through diversity of crime, social inequalities, and social capital: An empirical evaluation in Peru
Latin America is a violent region where fear of crime is well spread but still not fully understood. Using multilevel methods for a large and subnational representative household survey, researchers assess the determinants of fear of crime in Peru, the country with the highest fear of crime and crime victimization in the region. Results show […]
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Los límites de la implementación de la Ley de Consulta Previa en los Andes peruanos
The authors discuss the impact of prior consultation policies in Peru, implemented in 2012 in response to the social conflicts that occurred in Bagua in 2009 and based on the conclusions of Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization (ILO).
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La inclusión educativa de NNA migrantes venezolanos en el Perú – una política que no se puede nombrar
The education sector has identified the important and growing demand of foreign migrant families, and has reacted to this issue. However, a discourse and practice guaranteeing the right to education coexists with a marked absence of policies explicitly aimed at facilitating its educational inclusion. In this analysis paper, the authors address the educational inclusion of […]
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The impact of Covid-19 on the Peruvian economy
Potential impacts on labor incomes of Peruvian homes are analyzed. Although it is still uncertain the magnitude and duration of the economic shock those homes deal with, our approach focus attention on this research question: how prepared are the Peruvian homes for shocks as the one they are dealing with these days? What impacts are […]
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Perú | Construcción de infraestructuras: no perder las oportunidades de reducir las desigualdades en el acceso al agua
The construction of water infrastructure by itself does not solve the problem of water stress and scarcity in territories with large-scale mining and can generate unwanted collateral effects such as increases, conflicts and disputes in access to water. Based on the evidence from the cases of La Guajira in Colombia and Espinar in Peru, this […]
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Colombia | Producción de desigualdades en las relaciones con el agua: consecuencias de la construcción de infraestructuras
The construction of water infrastructure by itself does not solve the problem of stress and water scarcity in territories with large-scale mining and can generate and increase socio-environmental inequalities, conflicts and disputes in access to water. Based on the evidence of the case of La Guajira in Colombia, authors recommend that the construction of infrastructure […]
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Diversas formas de infraestructuras en el Perú y Colombia. El papel de las empresas mineras en el control y manejo del agua en contextos de escasez
In territories with large-scale mining, the construction of water infrastructure has generally been considered the most appropriate response to water scarcity problems. However, the infrastructure itself does not always provide solutions. When these constructions are mainly functional to the mining expansion and are imposed on the socio-environmental logic of the town, they end up aggravating […]
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Poor education and precarious jobs in Peru: Understanding who is left behind and why
Given the large inequalities in Peru, fulfilling the ’leave no one behind’ UN 2030 Agenda commitment might become the country’s largest challenge to SDG implementation. In light of this, understanding who is left behind, and why, gains particular importance. This study uses a mixed methodological approach to provide a baseline of the left behind in […]
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Chile | Nuevos atributos en los protocolos de emergencia ambiental a considerar en el ámbito de la minería
Repeated incidents in mining operations in the Aconcagua river basin have generated uncertainty in the population about water quality, which has deepened the water crisis in the Valparaíso region. In this context, it is necessary for the State to improve its crisis management protocols against environmental accidents, through the inclusion of local actors. A coordinated […]
